Andhra Pradesh Corneal Grafting Act, 1963
Andhra Pradesh Corneal Grafting Act, 1963
The Andhra Pradesh Corneal Grafting Act, 1963 regulates the legal process of removing and preserving eyes from deceased persons for therapeutic corneal transplantation across Andhra Pradesh. It applies to willing donors, approved medical institutions, registered doctors, and hospital authorities who manage eye donations. The legislation allows individuals to authorize eye donation before death and permits authorities to harvest corneas from unclaimed bodies or post-mortem cases under strict safeguards. This law matters because it creates a regulated legal framework that prevents unauthorized body tampering while facilitating life-changing corneal transplants to restore sight to visually impaired citizens.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Removal of eyes of deceased person
- 4. Authority to remove eyes when not to be given
- 5. Authority to remove eyes not to be given by a person who is entrusted with body only for interment or cremation
- 6. Authority to remove eyes when body is lying in approved institution
- 6-A. Authority for removal of eyes in case of unclaimed bodies in Hospitals or prisons
- 6-B. Authority for removal of eyes from bodies sent for postmortem examination for medico legal or pathological purposes
- 6-C. Preservation of eyes removed from dead bodies
- 6-D. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 7. Authority to remove eyes to be sent to the eye specialist, Eye Bank or approved institution
- 8. Saving
- 9. Power to make rules
- 0. Preamble
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