The cost of transporting the patient from one healthcare establishment to another, with a view to establishing the diagnosis of brain death and taking samples for therapeutic purposes, shall be borne by the latter establishment. The healthcare establishment that takes the samples shall bear the costs incurred by establishing the donor’s death and providing medical assistance for the body before the samples are taken.
Similarly, the cost of transporting the body of a deceased person to a health establishment for the purpose of organ and tissue removal for therapeutic purposes shall be borne by that establishment.
In all cases, the establishment that has carried out the removal covers the costs of preserving and restoring the body after the removal procedure. It also covers the cost of returning the donor’s body to his family in such a way that the family does not have to incur any expenses in excess of those it would have incurred had the removal not taken place.