[Legal and regulatory aspects of living-donor transplantation].
In France, living-donor organ procurement is regulated in compliance with bioethics law n(o) 2004-800 promulgated on 6 August 2004 and the administrative decree n(o) 2005-443 of 10 May 2005 which describes the legal framework of regional controls and expert committees. These texts make significant changes which include: creation of a Biomedicine Agency, a broader definition of acceptable donors, expression of consent before the district court, extension of expert committee competences, institution of a donor follow-up registry, reimbursement of all donation-related expenses. The hospital direction circular of 1 March 2005 establishes the funding regulations applied by transplantation centers for living-donor transplantation.
Service de néphrologie, hôpitaux de Brabois, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France. m.kessler@chu-nancy.fr
Michèle
M
Kessler
D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019520:Living Donors / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*