LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

of July 13, 2012 No. 407-Z

About modification and amendments in some laws of the Republic of Belarus concerning organ and tissue transplantation of the person

Accepted by the House of Representatives on June 21, 2012

Approved by Council of the Republic on June 29, 2012

Article 1. Bring in the Law of the Republic of Belarus of March 4, 1997 "About organ and tissue transplantation of the person" (Vedamasts_ Natsyyanalnaga to descent of Respubl_k_ Belarus, 1997, No. 9, Art. 196; National register of legal acts of the Republic of Belarus, 2007, No. 15, 2/1304) following changes and amendments:

1. State Article 1 in the following edition:

"Article 1. The main terms applied in this Law and their determinations

For the purposes of this Law the following main terms and their determinations are applied:

close relatives are parents, adoptive parents (adopters), children including adopted (adopted) brothers and sisters, the grandfather, the grandma, grandsons;

haematopoietic stem cells – combination of the cages received from marrow or peripheral blood, including funic and capable to system recovery of blood formation in case of its defeat owing to disease;

the living donor – person who voluntarily agreed in accordance with the established procedure to organs harvesting and (or) tissues of the person (further – organs harvesting) for organ transplantation and (or) tissues of the person (further – transplantation) to the recipient;

organs harvesting – medical intervention on removal of organs and (or) fabrics at the living or died donor;

bodies and (or) tissues of the person – the anatomic educations (the whole bodies, fragments of bodies, combinations of cages) which are not determining distinctive features of the personality;

the recipient – the patient to whom transplantation is performed;

death – the irreversible termination of activities of brain of the person (brain death) in case of which it is artificial by means of medicines and medical equipment can temporarily be supported its warm activities and breath;

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