Peter Kormos Memorial Act (Saving Organs to Save Lives), 2025

SUMMARY FROM THE OFFICIAL REGISTRY

What you need to know

The Gift of Life Act currently requires that consent be obtained before tissue can be removed from a human body and used for therapeutic purposes, medical education or scientific research. Under the proposed amendments, consent is no longer required except from parents or guardians on behalf of children under 16 years of age. A person may object to the removal and use of the tissue prior to the person’s death or a substitute may object on the person’s behalf after the death has occurred. If an objection is made or there is no consent on behalf of a child under 16 years of age, no tissue shall be removed from the body. Part II of the Act sets out the manner and circumstances in which an objection or a consent may be made by or on behalf of a person. Obligations are placed on facilities designated under the Act (including hospitals and other health facilities) to notify Ontario Health when a patient dies or if death is imminent. Proposed amendments are also made to the Connecting Care Act, 2019 . The objects of Ontario Health are amended to provide for the planning, co-ordinating, undertaking, supporting and promoting of activities relating to the removal, donation and use of human tissue, including the co-ordinating and supporting of designated facilities in connection with the removal and use of human tissue for transplant. The Act is also amended to provide that Ontario Health shall establish and maintain a registry of objections and consents made by a person, the person’s substitute or the parent or guardian of a child who is under 16 years of age to the removal and use of tissue from the person’s body after the person’s death.

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