Acts and Regulations

2014, c.113 - Human Tissue Gift Act

Section 4
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Consent by person for use of body after death
4(1)A person who has attained the age of 19 years may consent that his or her body or a specified part or parts of his or her body be used after his or her death for therapeutic purposes, or for the purposes of medical education or scientific research, either
(a) in writing at any time, or
(b) orally in the presence of at least two witnesses during his or her last illness.
4(2)Despite subsection (1), a consent given under this section by a person who had not attained the age of 19 years is still valid if the person who acted on it had no reason to believe that the person who gave it had not attained the age of 19 years.
4(3)On the death of a person who has given consent under this section, the consent is binding and is full authority for the use of the body or the removal and use of the specified part or parts of the body for the purposes specified, except that no person shall act on a consent given under this section
(a) if the person has reason to believe that the consent was subsequently withdrawn, or
(b) if the person has reason to believe that an inquest may be required to be held into the death of the deceased person, unless a coroner gives a direction under section 6.
2004, c.H-12.5, s.4