Article 26 of the Saudi Organ Donation Law

The Implementing Regulations are the instrument that sets out in detail what the law refers to. This article explains how they are issued:

• Who prepares them: the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation.
• Who issues them: they are issued by decision of the chairman of the Saudi Health Council.
• Time limit: within 90 days of the date the law is published in the Official Gazette.
• Start of effect: from the date the law itself takes effect.

It follows that the regulations are not an individual facility's own interpretation. They are a single official document issued by the chairman, which all bodies are bound to follow.

The meaning is that the law and its regulations begin together, so there is no gap between the law taking effect and the issuing of its details. Article 27 follows and sets the date the law takes effect.

To learn the practical details of any procedure to which the law refers, such as how a bequest is documented, the reader should consult the text of the regulations themselves, since the law does not contain these details and their content should not be assumed before reading them.