In addition to the Human Tissue Authority legislation, codes of practice and licensing standards, we must also comply with Human Tissue Authority licensing conditions, directions and regulatory alerts.
Human Tissue Authority licensing conditions
The Human Tissue Authority has set out conditions attached to each licence. There are three different types of licensing condition:
- Statutory – set down in the Human Tissue Act 2004 or other legislation
- Standard – applies to every establishment licensed in a particular sector
- Additional – unique to an individual licence
Contact us
Please contact our tissue governance manager for more advice on the details of Human Tissue Authority licensing conditions.
Ryan Jones
Tissue Governance Manager
Email: ryan.jones42@nhs.net
Human Tissue Authority legal directions
The HTA has statutory authority to direct people who are working under a licence. It can issue legal directions :
- generally, for example to all establishments within a sector
- specifically, for example in relation to an individual licence
Read and find out more about the Human Tissue Authority legal directions.
Human Tissue Authority regulatory alerts
We must respond to all regulatory alerts from the (HTA).
These alerts usually relate to incidents that may affect the quality and safety of tissues and cells used in patient treatment, such as:
- recall of consumables used to store tissues
- increased prevalence of an infectious disease
Read and find out more about the Human Tissue Authority regulatory alerts.