Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Specified Type B Procedures) (Scotland) Regulations: analysis of consultation responses

Proposed Type B list

29. The consultation proposed that the medical procedures listed below should be specified as Type B pre-death procedures.

• Carrying out radiological imaging which requires moving a patient from their existing location, including:
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Computerised Tomography (CT) scan

And;

• X-ray
• Ultrasound
• Transthoracic echocardiography^[2]

• Bronchoscopy
• Skin biopsy
• Scraping or swabbing of a body orifice (other than mouth, nostril or ear canal).