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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-17-617

Procurement of transplantable tissue — Coroners — Procurement agencies

Acts 1991, No. 1010, § 1; 1993, No. 409, § 4; 1997, No. 75, § 3.

(1) The coroners and medical examiners of the counties of Arkansas shall make reasonable efforts to facilitate procurement of transplantable organs and tissues in coordination with organ recovery agencies.

(2) All organs and tissue procured in Arkansas shall be offered first to Arkansas patients before consideration of out-of-state patients unless that would be in conflict with federally mandated guidelines.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.