law: Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994
  13. Appropriate Authority
  (1) The Central Government shall appoint, by
  
  notification, one or more officers as Appropriate Authorities for each of the
  
  Union territories for the purposes of this Act.
  (2) The State Government shall appoint, by
  
  notification, one or more officers as Appropriate Authorities for the purposes
  
  of this Act.
  (3) The Appropriate Authority shall perform
  
  the following functions, namely:-
  (i) to grant
  
  registration under sub-section (1) of section 15 or renew registration under
  
  sub-section (3) of that section;
  (ii) to suspend or
  
  cancel registration under sub-section (2) of section 16;
  (iii) to enforce such
  
  standards, as may be prescribed, for hospitals engaged in the removal, storage
  
  or transplantation of any human organ ;
  (iv) to investigate
  
  any complaint of breach of any of the provisions of this Act or any of the
  
  rules made thereunder and take appropriate action;
  (v) to inspect
  
  hospitals periodically for examination of the quality of transplantation and
  
  the follow-up medical care to persons who have undergone transplantation and
  
  the persons from whom organs are removed; and
  (vi) to undertake such
  
  other measures may be prescribed.