How to apply for organ donation

Application for organ donation can be made through the following steps:

1, you need to register with the local Red Cross.

2. A natural person who has reached the age of 18 and has full capacity for civil conduct may donate living organs, and a written consent certificate shall be provided before donation.

3. If a natural person is willing to donate organs after death, there shall be a written certificate of consent to donate.

4. The donation of remains and organs is made on a voluntary and free basis.

5. If you voluntarily donate the remains and organs for free, you need to fill out an application form and then go to a nearby notary office for notarization.

Organ donation includes cell donation and tissue donation. Details are as follows:

1. Cell donation refers to extracting a viable cell population from a healthy person and importing it into another person who needs help. The most typical clinical practice is to donate bone marrow to help people who need bone marrow transplantation.

2. Organization donation refers to donating some tissues of the body to people in need. These tissues include: skin, cornea, bones, tendons, blood vessels, nerves and so on.

To sum up, donors need to obtain the consent of immediate family members (such as parents, spouses and children). After the death of the donor, the entrusted executor shall contact the Red Cross Society where the body is located, choose organ donation or body donation, and continue to go through the follow-up procedures.

Legal basis:

Regulations on human organ transplantation

Article 8

Citizens who donate human organs should have full capacity for civil conduct. Citizens who donate human organs should have a written willingness to donate and have the right to revoke their express willingness to donate human organs.

If a citizen expresses his disapproval of donating his human organs before his death, no organization or individual may donate or remove his human organs; If a citizen does not agree to donate his human organs before his death, his spouse, adult children and parents may jointly express their willingness to donate his human organs after his death.