The Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (Maintenance of Records and Supply of Information Regarding the Removal and Use of Body Parts) Regulations 2006 No. 344

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 1 REMOVAL OF A BODY PART

Part 1 – Information about the removal

1.  Name and address of the hospital or other place at which the removal of the body part from the donor was carried out.

2.  Where the removal was carried out in–

(a) a hospital managed by a Special Health Board, the name of that Special Health Board; or

(b) a hospital other than one managed by a Special Health Board or in any other establishment which is not a hospital, the name of the Health Board for the area in which the removal of the body part was carried out.

3.  Full name of the registered medical practitioner who removed the body part from the donor, the appointment that the registered medical practitioner holds and the place at which the registered medical practitioner holds that appointment.

4.  In any case where the donor’s body part is considered unsuitable for transplantation after removal, a statement of–

(a) the reason for the unsuitability; and

(b) either–

(i) the manner of disposal of the body part, where the body part is so disposed of; or

(ii) if the body part is not so disposed of but is instead retained for the purposes of research, education, training or audit, the specific purpose or purposes for which the body part is to be so retained and used.

Part 2 – Information about the body part and the donor

1.  Description of the body part which has been removed.

2.  Whether the donor was living or deceased at the time of the removal of the body part.

3.  Where the donor was deceased at the time of the removal of the body part, the date and time of the donor’s death.

4.  Where the donor was living at the time of the removal of the body part, the date and time of the removal of the body part.

5.  Full name of the donor, the donor’s hospital case note number and, where available, the donor’s community health index (CHI) number.