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The National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA) of 1984 is an Act of the United States Congress that created the framework for the organ transplant system in the country. [1] The act provided clarity on the property rights of human organs obtained from deceased individuals and established a public-private partnership known as Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).
In the United States, The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 made organ sales illegal. In the United Kingdom, the Human Organ Transplants Act 1989 first made organ sales illegal, and has been superseded by the Human Tissue Act 2004. In 2007, two major European conferences recommended against the sale of organs. [69]
The Government of India enacted the Transplantation of Human Organs Act in 1994 to curb organ trading and promote deceased organ donation. After facing a multi-billion rupee kidney scandal in 2008, an amendment was proposed in 2009 [11] and passed in 2011 to get rid of loopholes which previously made illegal organ trading possible.
Organ donation after medical assistance in dying is the donation of organs after death that is medically assisted (MAiD). Both are expressions of human autonomy . [ 1 ] The governments of the countries where MAiD is permitted have introduced detailed regulations for this procedure.
The Act was the first legislation enacted by all states in United States to address the donation of organs, tissues, and eyes as gifts to someone who may be in need of an organ for survival. [2] [3] The UAGA was drafted in order to increase organ and blood supplies and donation and to protect patients in the United States. [9]
The National Transplant Resource Centre (NTRC) was established by the Ministry of Health together with the support and cooperation from the Medical Development Division. Its main objective is to spread correct information and increase awareness on organ donation and transplantation in Malaysia.
Federal Food Donation Act of 2008: To encourage the donation of excess food to nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to food-insecure people in the United States in contracts entered into by executive agencies for the provision, service, or sale of food. Pub. L. 110–248 (text) June 26, 2008 Local Preparedness Acquisition Act
Organ transplantation in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu is regulated by India's Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 and is facilitated by the Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (TRANSTAN) of the Government of Tamil Nadu and several NGOs. Tamil Nadu ranks first in India in deceased organ donation rate at 1.8 per million population, which ...