Organ donation (from a living person)

Gift within the immediate surroundings

A sick person may receive an organ donation from you if you are one of his relatives, i.e.:

• Her father or mother
• His spouse
• The spouse of his father or mother
• His son or daughter
• His brother or sister
• His grandparents, uncles or aunts, cousins or first cousins
• The person with whom she lives as a couple for at least 2 years
• Any person with whom she has a close and stable emotional relationship for at least 2 years.

Cross-Donation

In the event of incompatibility between you and the recipient, you and the recipient may be offered the use of a cross-organ donation.

This means that a potential recipient will benefit from the donation of another person who has expressed the intention to donate and who is also placed in a situation of incompatibility with the originally designated recipient. The latter benefiting from the gift of another.

The maximum number of donor-recipient pairs that can be involved in cross-donation is 6.

In the context of a cross-donation of organs, an organ taken from a deceased person may be used.

This procedure preserves theanonymity between donor and recipient.

Donor Information

Before giving your consent, you are informed of the following facts:

• Risks incurred
• Possible consequences of the sample (foreseeable physical or psychological consequences, possible repercussions on your personal, family and professional life)
• Results that can be expected from the transplant for the recipient
• Possibly, conditions of a cross-donation, in particular on the possibility of using an organ taken from a deceased person.

For this, you are received by a committee of experts. The committee ensures that your choice is free and that you are aware of the stakes and potential risks of the operation.

Collection of the donor's written consent

You must, on your own initiative, express your consent in writing before the President of the Court or a magistrate appointed by him. You can reverse your decision at any time.

You can apply to one of the following courts:

• The location of the health facility where the levy is intended
• The location of the health facility where the recipient is hospitalized
• The one where you live if you live in France.

Peculiarities exist if a vital emergency is proven.

Direct debit authorization

You must send the expert committee a request for authorization to take samples. Your request must be accompanied by a copy of the act by which your consent was obtained.

After deliberation, the decision authorizing the levy shall be taken by the Committee of Experts by a majority vote.

The decision shall be communicated by any means that allows a written record to be kept to the following two persons:

• Yourself
• Physician responsible for the department where the sample is intended. He forwards the authorization to the director of the establishment.