Your last wishes
Inform your loved ones about your burial choices or about organ donation.
Certain sensitive issues can cause discord within a family if your decisions have not been communicated clearly and in writing.
MAU LOA allows you to make your decisions known to your beneficiaries.
Good to know:
Organ donation: removal upon death
Verified on August 12, 2021 - Direction de l'information légale et administrative (Prime Minister)
Every person is presumed to have consented to the donation of his or her organs unless he or she registers on the national register of refusals. The removal is free and anonymous. The death of the donor must be medically confirmed by two doctors. An interview with the relatives is organized by the medical team. The doctor who carries out an organ removal on a deceased person must ensure the best possible restoration of the body.
If the deceased has not expressed a choice about the removal of his or her organs, consent is presumed.
Presumed Consent
General case (active)
Minor
General case
Consent to organ donation is presumed. This means that if the person has not made their refusal known during their lifetime, they are considered to have agreed to have their organs removed upon their death.
However, information is first sought to determine whether the deceased person has expressed any disagreement.
A possible disagreement or reluctance of the deceased may be revealed by the following clues:
Oral testimony from a relative
Written refusal or restriction (agreement limited to a particular organ or organs)
Registration, by deceased person, in the National Organ Donor Refusal Registry
Organ donor card of the deceased if he/she has one
Refusal and registration in the national registry
The person may refuse the removal of his or her organs by registering with the National Organ Donor Refusal Registry.
Before any organ removal, the medical teams must systematically consult the national register of organ donation refusals.
If you have not made your refusal to donate known during your lifetime, you are assumed to consent to the removal of your organs after your death.
The refusal to donate may concern all or some of the organs and tissues that can be removed.
The refusal of organ removal can be reviewed and revoked at any time.
The hospital organ procurement coordination team takes into account the most recent expression of will.
A person may also express his or her refusal in writing and entrust this document to a relative. This document is dated and signed by the author, identified by his or her surname, first name, date and place of birth.
Registration on the national register of refusals is only necessary in the case of total opposition to the removal.
To exclude only certain organs from donation after death, you just have to indicate it on a piece of paper, or to inform your family. In this case, registration is not necessary.
Registration on the national register of refusals can be made from the age of 13.
The request is made on a piece of paper or by filling in the form on their website.