(1A) The rights of both the donor and recipient should be equally protected.
(1B) A prospective organ transplant is not a justification for relaxation in the usual standard of medical care for the potential donor.
(2) When a vital organ is to be transplanted, the death of the donor should be determined by at least one physician other than the recipient's physician. Death shall be determined by the clinical judgment of the physician, who should rely on currently accepted and available scientific tests.
(3A) A full discussion of the proposed procedure should be held with the donor and the recipient or their responsible relatives or representatives. The physician should ensure that the consent to the procedures is fully informed and voluntary.
(3B) The physician's interest in advancing scientific knowledge must always be secondary to his or her concern for the patient.
(4) Transplant procedures should only be performed by physicians who are qualified to perform the procedures. The procedures should only be performed in institutions with adequate facilities to protect the health and well-being of the parties involved.
(5) Recipients of transplanted organs should be determined in accordance with the guidelines on allocation of limited medical resources.
(6) Organs should be considered a national resource rather than a local or regional one. Geographical priorities in the allocation of organs should be prohibited except when transportation of organs would threaten their suitability for transplantation.
(7) Patients should be placed on a single, coordinated waiting list for each type of organ, rather than on waiting lists at several local transplant centers.
