PODSTAWY PRAWNE PRZESZCZEPIANIA KOMÓREK, TKANEK i NARZĄDÓW

Legal bases of the cells, tissues and organs transplantationsTransplantation is an operation consisting in treatment through the exchange of tissue or an organ. Transplantation became a revolution in medicine and forced the introduction of new legal regulations. The development of medicine means that transplantation of tissues and cells as an intervention saving health and life the patient has become increasingly common. Transplantations have to be carried out in accordance with medical knowledge and the law. Taking into account the donor, there are two most important sorts of transplantation, ex mortuo (from a corpse) and ex vivo (from a living donor). The necessity to harmonize Polish law with European law has led to passing on July the 1st 2005 a new law concerning collecting, storage, grafting cells and tissues and organs. The law came into force on December the 31st. The aim of the paper is the presentation and analysis of the new „transplantation” act.