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Guardianship and Administration Act 2000
sch.2-sec.7Special health care
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### sch.2-sec.7 Special health care
Special health care , of an adult, is health care of the following types—
removal of tissue from the adult while alive for donation to someone else;
For the situation after the adult has died, see the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979 , particularly section 22 .
sterilisation of the adult;
termination of a pregnancy of the adult;
participation by the adult in special medical research or experimental health care;
electroconvulsive therapy or a non-ablative neurosurgical procedure for the adult;
prescribed special health care of the adult.
sch 2 s 7 amd 2001 No. 95 s 19 ; 2010 No. 2 s 96 sch 1 ; 2016 No. 5 s 923 sch 4
- (a) removal of tissue from the adult while alive for donation to someone else; Note— For the situation after the adult has died, see the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979 , particularly section 22 .
- (b) sterilisation of the adult;
- (c) termination of a pregnancy of the adult;
- (d) participation by the adult in special medical research or experimental health care;
- (e) electroconvulsive therapy or a non-ablative neurosurgical procedure for the adult;
- (f) prescribed special health care of the adult.