Legislation Slovenia

Donation:

• Laws concerning organ and tissue donation exists.
• Organ and tissue donation permission has to be obtained from next of kin, in will or on written document.
• Removal of the eyes as well as corneoscleral excision in situ are allowed

Cornea banking:        

The cornea and all other parts of the eye (e.g. sclera, limbus) are considered as tissues. Donation and processing of these tissues are regulated by Zakon o kakovosti in varnosti cloveskih tkiv in celic, namenjenih za zdravljene (ZKVCTC).

• All banks need an accreditation issued by the Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenija.
• Inspections of eye banks are performed by the Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenija