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The HTA is responsible for assessing all donations of bone marrow or PBSC from adults who lack capacity to consent and children who lack competence to cons...

Read through our core guidance and the legislation that forms the basis of our regulation.

The Human Tissue Act 2004 requires that the removal of tissue from the deceased for research within the scope of the Act must always be licensed, on specif...

Human bodies, body parts and specimens may be put on public display, for example as part of an exhibition in a gallery or museum.

There are several situations where independent pathologists attend HTA-licensed establishments to carry out post-mortem (PM) examinations.

Under the Human Tissue Act 2004, the HTA is required to license the storage of relevant material for ‘research in connection with disorders, or the

We regulate the donation of organs in the UK from living people by making the decision on whether the donation can go ahead, based on criteria set out in l...

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 (Quality and Safety for Human Application) Regulations 2007 (as amended) licensing standards.

The purpose of this guidance is to assist licensed establishments to meet the HTA’s licensing standards.

We license more than 800 establishments that store and use human tissue for purposes such as patient treatment, organ transplantation, post mortem examinat...