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15C.
—(1) Where the Director is of the opinion that the transplant ethics committee of a hospital is not discharging its functions in accordance with this Act or in a satisfactory manner, the Director may do one or more of the following:
(a)
direct the transplant ethics committee to suspend all or any part of its activities;
(b)
direct the licensee of the hospital to remove or replace any member of the transplant ethics committee;
(c)
direct the licensee of the hospital to dissolve the transplant ethics committee and appoint a new transplant ethics committee in its place.
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(2) Until the direction of the Director issued under subsection (1) has been complied with —
(a)
the licensee of the hospital shall ensure that no living donor organ transplant authorised under section 15A(1) is carried out in the hospital; and
(b)
no person shall carry out any such living donor organ transplant in the hospital,
unless otherwise allowed by the Director and in accordance with such conditions as the Director may impose.
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(3) Any written authorisation given by the transplant ethics committee in respect of which a direction has been issued under subsection (1) shall remain valid unless rescinded by the Director.
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(4) Any person who contravenes subsection (2)(a) or (b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
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