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Chapter-05 Medicolegal Aspects of Eye Banking

BOOK TITLE: Corneal Transplantation

Author
1. Vanathi M
2. Singh Gurnarinder
3. Ahuja Rakesh
ISBN
9788184488593
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11167_5
Edition
2/e
Publishing Year
2010
Pages
5
Author Affiliations
1. Clinical Ophthalmology, Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar New Delhi, India, Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, AIIMS, New Delhi, India, Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Dr Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
2. Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Prabodh Chander Eye Hospital, Gurdaspur, Punjab, India
3. Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY (USA), Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Overlook Medical Center, Summit NJ (USA)
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Abstract

Laws have been enacted to allow Eye banks to effectively perform the function of collection and distribution of eyes/corneas from donors to recipients. There are a number of legal issues associated with Eye Donation and Eye Banking. In this section, we reproduce key legal acts and documents that affect eye donation, eye banking and their operations. In countries like the USA, where organ transplantation and eye banking has been long established, legislation demands a special role in organ collection for hospitals as part of the “Required Request Law”. In addition, the “Uniform Anatomical Gift Act” and “presumed consent” are in vogue which cover human organ transplantation. Eye banks in India were formerly regulated by the Bombay Corneal Grafting Act, 1957 and thereafter, the Eyes Act 1982 till 1994. At present, eye banks and transplantation of other human organs like heart, kidney, etc. are governed by the Indian Human Organ Transplantation Act, 1994 and in the process of enactment of this Act, the “Eyes Act of 1982” got repealed and the provisions of the Eyes Act were not even retained, thus demoting the eye banks in India to collection centers attached to keratoplasty units.

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