PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, PROVIDING FOR SCOPE, FURTHER
PROVIDING FOR PERSONS WHO MAY EXECUTE ANATOMICAL GIFT, FOR
PERSONS WHO MAY BECOME DONEES AND PURPOSES FOR WHICH
ANATOMICAL GIFTS MAY BE MADE, FOR MANNER OF EXECUTING
ANATOMICAL GIFTS, FOR RIGHTS AND DUTIES AT DEATH, FOR
REQUESTS FOR ANATOMICAL GIFTS, FOR USE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
IDENTIFICATION CARD TO INDICATE ORGAN OR TISSUE DONATION, FOR
THE GOVERNOR ROBERT P. CASEY MEMORIAL ORGAN AND TISSUE
DONATION AWARENESS TRUST FUND CONTRIBUTIONS, FOR THE GOVERNOR
ROBERT P. CASEY MEMORIAL ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION AWARENESS
TRUST FUND, FOR CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENT AND FOR
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES, PROVIDING FOR PROMOTION OF ORGAN AND
TISSUE DONATION, ESTABLISHING THE DONATE LIFE PA REGISTRY,
PROVIDING FOR FACILITATION OF ANATOMICAL GIFT FROM DECEDENT
WHOSE DEATH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, FOR COLLABORATION AMONG
DEPARTMENTS AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS, FOR
REQUIREMENTS FOR PHYSICIAN AND NURSE TRAINING RELATIVE TO
ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION AND RECOVERY, FOR DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, FOR DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, FOR STUDY OF
ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND FOR RELATION TO
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT,
REPEALING PROVISIONS RELATING TO CORNEAL TRANSPLANTS AND
PROVIDING FOR VASCULARIZED COMPOSITE ALLOGRAFTS.
Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in health care, further
providing for example; in anatomical gifts, further providing
for definitions, for persons who may execute anatomical gift,
for persons who may become donees and purposes for which
anatomical gifts may be made, for manner of executing
anatomical gifts, for amendment or revocation of gift, for
rights and duties at death, for requests for anatomical
gifts, for use of driver's license or identification card to
indicate organ or tissue donation, for The Governor Robert P.
Casey Memorial Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Trust Fund
contributions, for The Governor Robert P. Casey Memorial
Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Trust Fund, for
confidentiality requirement and for prohibited activities,
providing for promotion of organ and tissue donation,
establishing the Donate Life PA Registry and providing for
facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose death is
under investigation, for collaboration among departments and
organ procurement organizations, for information relative to
organ and tissue donation, for requirements for physician and
nurse training relative to organ and tissue donation and
recovery, for Department of Transportation, for Department of
Corrections, for uniformity of application and construction
and for relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act; and repealing provisions relating to
corneal transplants.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "advisory committee," "bank or
storage facility," "decedent," "fund" and "organ procurement
organization" in section 8601 of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania
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