Victorian Current Acts

HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1982 - SECT 9

A registered medical practitioner may certify in writing—

        (a)     that the consent in writing of a person under section 7 or 8 was given in his presence;

        (b)     that he explained to the person before the consent was given the nature and effect of the removal from the body of that person of the tissue specified in the consent; and

        (c)     that he is satisfied—

              (i)     that, at the time the consent was given, the person was not a child;

              (ii)     that, at the time, the person was of sound mind; and

              (iii)     that the consent was freely given.

S. 10 amended by No. 23/1994 s. 118(Sch.  1 item 27.4).