The study discusses the implementation of constitutional obligation of public authorities to combat epidemic illnesses at the level of counteracting the transmission of disease agent from donor to recipient in therapeutic transplantation procedures. It was pointed out that the provisions relating to the epidemiological safety of recipients are dispersed in various normative acts regulating the use of different types of cells, tissues and organs of humans, and relate both to the aspects of the organization of the transplantation unit as well as to the personnel involved in the medical procedures. intended to transfer cells, tissues, organs from the donor to the recipient, as well as eligibility and exclusion criteria for candidates for donors.

Key words: infectious diseases, recipient of human cells, tissues and organs, transplantation.