Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

S.D. Codified Laws § 34-26-47

Hospital protocol for identifying potential organ donors

Known as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

The act spans §§ 34–34 (58 sections).

Source: SL 1992, ch 249, § 1; SL 1995, ch 197, § 5.

A hospital shall establish written protocols for the identification of potential human organ, eye, and tissue donors that:

(1) Assure that families of potential donors are made aware of the option of organ, eye, and tissue donation and their option to decline;

(2) Encourage discretion and sensitivity with respect to the circumstances, views, and beliefs of such families;

(3) Require that an organ procurement agency designated by the United States secretary of health and human services be notified of potential organ donors; and

(4) Require that an eye and tissue organization designated by the hospital be notified of potential eye and tissue donors.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.