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20 Pa.C.S. § 8663

Dissemination of information prohibited

Known as the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code

The act spans §§ 20–20 (744 sections).

(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no organ procurement organization, eye bank or tissue bank may divulge any individually identifiable information acquired in the course of performing the organization's or bank's responsibilities under this chapter except for the purposes of facilitating transplantation of vascularized composite allografts.

(b) Donors and recipients.--An organ procurement organization, eye bank or tissue bank may communicate individually identifiable information of the donor and recipient if expressly authorized by:

(1) the recipient; and

(2) if the donor is alive, the donor, or, if the donor is deceased, the next of kin of the donor.

Official source: Pennsylvania General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Pennsylvania statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.