“(i) Duties of the Medical Practitioner
(1) A registered medical practitioner shall, before removing a human organ from the body of a donor before his death, satisfy himself-
(a) that the donor has given his authorization in appropriate Form 1(A) or 1(B) or 1(C).
(b) that the donor is in proper state of health and is fit to donate the organ, and the registered medical practitioner shall sign a certificate as specified in Form 2.
(c) that the donor is a near relative of the recipient, as certified in Form 3, who has signed Form 1(A) or 1(B) as applicable to the donor and that the donor has submitted an application in Form 10 jointly with the recipient and that the proposed donation has been approved by the concerned competent authority and that the necessary documents as prescribed and medical tests, if required, to determine the factum of near relationship, have been examined to the satisfaction of the Registered Medical Practitioner i.e. Incharge of transplant centre.
(d) that in case the recipient is spouse of the donor, the donor has given a statement to the effect that they are so related by signing a certificate in Form 1 (B) and has submitted an application in Form 10 jointly with the recipient and that the proposed donation has been approved by the concerned competent authority under provisions of sub-rule(2) of rule 4A.
(e) In case of a donor who is other than a near relative and has signed Form 1(C) and submitted an application in Form 10 jointly with the recipient, the permission from the Authorisation Committee for the said donation has been obtained.
(ii) In rule 4 in sub-rule(2) for clause (b) the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- “(b) that then person lawfully in possession of the dead body has signed a certificate as specified in Form 6.”
(iii) the existing Form 7 shall be omitted.