50-5-212. Organ procurement program required.
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50-5-212 . Organ procurement program required. The administrator of a hospital licensed under this chapter shall as a condition of licensure under 50-5-201 :
(1)establish a written protocol for the identification of potential organ donors that:
(a)ensures that families of potential organ donors are made aware of the option of organ or tissue donation and their option to decline;
(b)encourages discretion and sensitivity with respect to the circumstances, views, and beliefs of families of potential organ donors; and
(c)requires that a qualified organ procurement agency be notified of potential organ donors;
(2)designate and train a person or persons to represent the administrator for purposes of requesting an anatomical gift as provided in 72-17-213 ; and
(3)make known to the public that the hospital has an organ procurement program as described in subsection (1).