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Emergency mortuary facilities
The HTA regulates establishments in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that conduct licensed activities under the Human Tissue Act 2004 (HT Act).
About the licensing of procurement organisations
Procurement is defined as the processes by which tissues and cells are made available, including the physical act of removing tissue and the donor selectio...
What are licence fees?
In 2010, the HTA developed a new licence fee structure which has been in operation since 1 April 2011.
Guidance by sector
The HTA licenses and inspects organisations across the six different sectors.
Public Display
Human bodies, body parts and specimens may be put on public display, for example as part of an exhibition in a gallery or museum.
Sale of bodies, body parts and tissue policy
The HTA regulates organisations that remove, store and use human tissue for research, patient treatment, post-mortem examination, anatomical examination, s...
Storage of human material for teaching by schools and colleges
Some schools and colleges store human material for use in teaching.
Record retention FAQs
Human bodies, body parts and specimens may be put on public display, for example as part of an exhibition in a gallery or museum.
Public display of anatomical specimens FAQs
Human bodies, body parts and specimens may be put on public display, for example as part of an exhibition in a gallery or museum.
Consent for post-mortem examination and tissue retention under the Human Tissue Act 2004
This page sets out the legal requirements of the HT Act with regard to consent for post-mortem examination, tissue retention and storage of tissue from the...
Human tissue xenografts
The purpose of this guidance is to set out our policy on human tissue xenografts, whether they are relevant material that fall under the licensing framewor...