Part 1, NPRC DECREE N0.11 1994

DECREES *Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXXV, No. 21* *dated 5th May, 1994* N.P.R.C. Decree No. 11 1994 [Coat of Arms: UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE] Sierra Leone The Anatomy Decree, 1994 [Margin: Short title.] **Being a Decree to regulate the anatomical examination of deceased persons and for other related matters.** [5th May, 1994] [Margin: Date of Commencement.] PURSUANT to paragraph 3 of the Proclamation entitled "The Administration of Sierra Leone (National Provisional Ruling Council) Proclamation, 1992", the National Provisional Ruling Council makes and issues the following Decree— [Margin: Interpretation] **1.** In this Decree unless the context otherwise requires— "Department of Anatomy" means the department of Anatomy of the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences; 2 No. 11 *The Anatomy Decree* 1994 "Medical and Dental Council" means the Medical and Dental Council established under the Medical Practitioners and Dental Surgeons Decree, 1994; "medical practitioner" means any person registered as such under the Medical Practitioners and Dental Surgeons Decree, 1994; "next-of-kin" means the nearest blood relation of the deceased person; "qualified person" means the Head of the Anatomy Department or medical practitioner or teacher who by reason of his training is qualified to undertake anatomical examination of bodies. [Margin: Medical and Dental Council to issue licence.] **2.** (1) The Medical and Dental Council shall, for the purposes of this Decree, issue a licence to the Department of Anatomy. (2) The licence shall be as set out in Form A of the Schedule and shall be deemed to authorise the practice of anatomy in the Anatomy Department by the Head of the Department, any teacher or medical practitioner employed in the Department and any student attending a course of training at the Department working under the supervision of the Head of the Department, teacher or medical practitioner. [Margin: Next-of-kin to authorise anatomical examination.] **3.** Unless the deceased person during his life stated in writing or orally in the presence of two or more persons that his body after death should not undergo any anatomical examination, the next-of-kin of such deceased person having possession of the body may permit such body to undergo anatomical examination.