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Organ donation and transplantation

Automatic withdrawals from deceased persons will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Order of the Minister of Health No. 1318-04 of 11 Joumada II 1425 29/7/2004 implementing Article 17 of Law No. 16.98 and relating to the donation, removal and transplantation of organs and human tissues, promulgated by the dahir on 1.98.208 of 13 joumada I 1420 (25 August 1999) and decree n ° 2-01-1643 of 2 chaabane I423 (October 9, 2002) taken for its application.

1- Human blood donations

  • Law No. 03-94 on the donation, collection and use of human blood;
  • Dahir No. 1-95-133 of 19 Safar 1416 (06/18/1995) promulgating Law No. 03-94 relating to the donation, collection and use of human beings. Available at: Dahir n° 1-95-133
  • Decree No. 2-94-20 of Joumada II 22, 1416 (November 16, 1995) issued for the application of Law No. 03-94 relating to the donation, collection and use of human blood. Available at: Decree No. 2-94-20
  • Order of the Minister of Health No. 1291-01 of 4 Rabii II 1422 (June 26, 2001) supplementing the list of people who cannot donate blood. Available at: Order of the Minister of Health No. 1291-01
  • Blood donation must, in all circumstances, be voluntary. No pressure of any kind should be exerted on the donor who must express his consent to the donation in complete freedom and conscience;
  • Blood donation is free and cannot give rise to any remuneration of any kind whatsoever for the benefit of the donor;
  • The anonymity between the donor and the recipient must be respected except in case of therapeutic necessity;
  • The donated blood must be subject to biological analysis and detection of contagious diseases;
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2- Donations, removal and transplantation of human organs and tissues

  • Law No. 16-98 relating to the donation, removal and transplantation of organs and human tissues;
  • Dahir No. 1-99-208 of Joumada I 13, 1420 (August 25, 1999) promulgating Law No. 16-98 relating to the donation, removal and transplantation of human organs and tissues. Available at: Dahir n° 1-99-208
  • Decree No. 2-01-1643 of 2 Chaabane I423 (October 9, 2002) issued for the application of Law No. 16-98. Available at: Decree No. 2-01-1643
  • Order of the Minister of Health No. 1318-04 of Joumada II 11, 1425 (29/7/2004) implementing Article 17 of Law No. 16.98. Available at: Order of the Minister of Health n ° 1318-04
  • Organ donation, organ removal or transplantation has a therapeutic or scientific purpose;
  • The list of organs and tissues of the human body that can be donated, harvested or transplanted is as follows:

    ➔ Human organs: Kidney, Heart, Lung, Liver, Pancreas, Intestine, Heart-lung block, Eyeball. ➔ Human tissues: Arteries, Veins, Bone marrow, Heart valves, Amniotic membrane, Skin, Tendons, Cornea, Ligaments, Dura mater, Aponeurosis, Hematopoietic stem cells and all other cells apart from those related to reproduction.

    NB:
    - This list may be supplemented and modified as necessary by order of the Minister of Health on the proposal of the Human Organ Transplantation Advisory Council;
    - The organs and tissues that can regenerate naturally are: Skin, bone marrow and bones.


  • Any adult enjoying his full capacity may, during his lifetime, and according to the forms and conditions provided for in the regulatory texts, make known his wish to authorize or prohibit the removal of organs from his person after his death, or of some of them only;
  • The donation or bequest of a human organ is free only are due the costs inherent in the interventions required by the removal and transplantation operations as well as the related hospitalization costs;
  • The necessary conditions:

    ➔ Prior consent of the donor which is always revocable; ➔ Cannot be performed if it is likely to endanger the life of the donor or seriously and permanently damage his health; ➔ The removal from a living person who makes the donation can only be carried out in the therapeutic interest of a specific recipient: ascendants, descendants, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts of the donor or their children . The removal can be carried out in the interest of the donor's spouse provided that the marriage has been contracted for at least one year. The relationship between the donor and the recipient provided for in the first paragraph of this article must be proven;

  • The donor and the members of his family cannot know the identity of the recipient and no information likely to allow the identification of this donor or the recipient may be disclosed, except in the cases provided for in Article 9 of Decree No. 1-99-208 cited or in the event of therapeutic necessity;
  • The sample can only be taken after having established a medical report of the brain death of the donor and in the absence of any suspicion as to the origins of the death;
  • Acknowledgment of brain death is established on the basis of concordant clinical and paraclinical signs which are set by the Minister of Health on the proposal of the National Order of Physicians. The attestation of brain death sets out the signs on which the competent doctors relied to certify the death;
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