Art. 3 Federal Act of 8 October 2004 on the Transplantation of Organs, Tissues and Cells (Act) - Definitions

In this Act: a. organ means any part of the body whose cells and tissues together comprise a unit with a specific function; organ parts whose function is similar to that of an organ and parts of the body that consist of different types of tissue and which have a specific function are regarded as equivalent to organs; b. tissue means a structured association of cells, consisting of the same or different types of cells, that has a common function in the body; c. cell means an individual cell, an unstructured cell mass or a cell suspension that consists exclusively of the same type of cell; d. {note: Repealed by No I of the FA of 19 June 2015, with effect from 1 May 2016 ( AS 2016 1163; BBl 2013 2317).} ...

Art. 3 Act · Definitions