Section 6: Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Council

(1) There is established the Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Council to oversee and regulate organ, tissue or cell donation and transplantation in Uganda. (2) The Council shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal and may, for the discharge of its functions under this Act- (a) acquire, hold and dispose of movable and immovable property; (b) sue and be sued in its corporate name; and (c) do all acts and things as a body corporate may lawfully do. (3) The Council shall be a full time Council with a secretariat appointed in accordance with section 18. (4) The Council established under subsection (1) shall consist of seven technical members appointed by the Minister. (5) The Council shall be independent but shall work in collaboration with the relevant health professional councils, especially in relation to disciplinary cases against registered medical practitioners certified by the Council under this Act to undertake organ, tissue and cell donation and transplant activities. (6) The Council shall, in its operations, report to the Minister.