Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994
13. Appropriate Authority
(1) The Central Government shall appoint, by
notification, one or more officers as Appropriate Authorities for each of the
Union territories for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The State Government shall appoint, by
notification, one or more officers as Appropriate Authorities for the purposes
of this Act.
(3) The Appropriate Authority shall perform
the following functions, namely:-
(i) to grant
registration under sub-section (1) of section 15 or renew registration under
sub-section (3) of that section;
(ii) to suspend or
cancel registration under sub-section (2) of section 16;
(iii) to enforce such
standards, as may be prescribed, for hospitals engaged in the removal, storage
or transplantation of any human organ ;
(iv) to investigate
any complaint of breach of any of the provisions of this Act or any of the
rules made thereunder and take appropriate action;
(v) to inspect
hospitals periodically for examination of the quality of transplantation and
the follow-up medical care to persons who have undergone transplantation and
the persons from whom organs are removed; and
(vi) to undertake such
other measures may be prescribed.