Title: Procurement Activities of For-profit Eye Banks

Summary: Prohibiting for-profit eye banks from procuring certain human organs and tissue for specified purposes; providing exceptions, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to procurement activities of for profit eye banks; amending ss. 765.542 and 873.01, F.S.; prohibiting for-profit eye banks from procuring certain human organs and tissue for specified purposes; providing exceptions; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Present subsection (4) of section 765.542, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (5), and a new subsection (4) is added to that section, to read: 765.542 Requirements to engage in organ, tissue, or eye procurement.  (4) A for-profit eye bank may not directly or indirectly engage in the procurement of any eye, cornea, eye tissue, or corneal tissue for use in live-cell corneal transplantation. This subsection does not apply to a hospital or an ambulatory surgical center licensed under chapter or to a district medical examiner appointed under chapter 406. Section 2. Present subsections (3) and (4) of section 873.01, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4) and (5), respectively, a new subsection (3) is added to that section, and subsections (1) and (2) of that section are amended, to read: 873.01 Purchase or sale of human organs and tissue prohibited.  (1)  A No person may not shall knowingly offer to purchase or sell, or purchase, sell, or otherwise transfer, any human organ or tissue for valuable consideration. (2)  A No for-profit corporation or any employee thereof may not shall transfer or arrange for the transfer of any human body part for valuable consideration. (3) A for-profit eye bank, as defined in s. 765.511, may not directly or indirectly engage in the procurement, as defined in s. 765.511, of any eye, cornea, eye tissue, or corneal tissue for use in live-cell corneal transplantation. This subsection does not apply to a hospital or an ambulatory surgical center licensed under chapter or to a district medical examiner appointed under chapter 406. Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.