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20 PA Cons Stat § 8612 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8612 - Persons who may become donees; purposes for which anatomical gifts may be made

§ 8612. Persons who may become donees; purposes for which anatomical gifts may be made. (a) Donees.--An anatomical gift may be made to any of the following persons named in the document of gift:  (1) If for research or education, any of the following: (i) A hospital. (ii) An accredited medical school, dental school, college or university. (iii) The board. (iv) An organ procurement organization. (v) Any other appropriate person as permitted by law. (2) Subject to subsection (b), an individual designated by the person making the anatomical gift if the individual is the recipient of the part.  (3) An eye bank or a tissue bank. (4) An organ procurement organization. (b) Directed donation.--If an anatomical gift to an individual under subsection (a)(2) cannot be transplanted into the individual, the part shall pass in accordance with subsection (c) if authorized by the person making the anatomical gift.  (c) Organ for transplant or therapy.--An anatomical gift of an organ for transplantation or therapy, other than an anatomical gift under subsection (a)(2), shall pass to the organ procurement organization.  (d) Default.--If the intended purpose or recipient of an anatomical gift is not known, the following shall apply:  (1) If the part is an eye, the gift shall pass to the appropriate eye bank. (2) If the part is tissue, the gift shall pass to the appropriate tissue bank. (3) If the part is an organ, the gift shall pass to the appropriate organ procurement organization.  (4) If the gift is of the decedent's entire body, the gift shall pass to the board. (e) Multiple purposes.--If there is more than one purpose of an anatomical gift set forth in the document of gift but the purposes are not set forth in any priority, the gift shall be used for transplantation or therapy, if suitable and enumerated in the document of gift, and shall pass to the appropriate organ procurement organization. If the gift cannot be used for transplantation or therapy, the gift may be used for other lawful purposes enumerated in the document of gift.  (f) Unspecified purpose.--If an anatomical gift is made in a document of gift that does not name a person described in subsection (a) and does not identify the purpose of the gift, the gift may be used only for transplantation or therapy, and the gift shall pass in accordance with subsection (d).  (Oct. 23, 2018, P.L.594, No.90)   2018 Amendment. Section 11(3) of Act 90 provided that the amendment of section 8612 shall take effect upon publication of the notice under section 8629.  Cross References. Section 8612 is referred to in sections 8611, 8617 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8614 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8614 - Delivery of document of gift

§ 8614. Delivery of document of gift. If the gift is made by the donor to a specified donee, the will, card or other document or an executed copy thereof may be delivered to the donee to expedite the appropriate procedures immediately after death. Delivery is not necessary to the validity of the gift. The will, card or other document or an executed copy thereof may be deposited in any hospital, bank or storage facility that accepts it for safekeeping or for facilitation of procedures after death. On request of any interested party upon or after the donor's death, the person in possession shall produce the document for examination.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8615 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8615 - Amendment or revocation of gift

 § 8615. Amendment or revocation of gift. (a) Document delivered to donee.--If the will, card or other document or executed copy thereof has been delivered to a specified donee, the donor may amend or revoke the gift by any of the following:  (1) The execution and delivery to the donee of a signed statement. (2) An oral statement made in the presence of two persons and communicated to the donee. (3) A statement during a terminal illness or injury addressed to an attending physician and communicated to the donee.  (4) A signed card or document found on his person or in his effects. (b) Document not delivered to donee.--Any document of gift which has not been delivered to the donee may be revoked by the donor in the manner set out in subsection (a) or by destruction, cancellation or mutilation of the document and all executed copies thereof.  (c) Gifts by will.--Any gift made by a will may also be amended or revoked in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in subsection (a).    Cross References. Section 8615 is referred to in sections 8617, 8654, 8658 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8616 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8616 - Rights and duties at death

§ 8616. Rights and duties at death. (a) Donees and relatives.--The donee may accept or reject the gift. If the donee accepts a gift of the entire body, he shall, subject to the terms of the gift, authorize embalming and the use of the body in funeral services if the surviving spouse or next of kin as determined in section 8611(b) (relating to persons who may execute anatomical gift) requests embalming and use of the body for funeral services. If the gift is of a part of the body, the donee, upon the death of the donor and prior to embalming, shall cause the part to be removed without unnecessary mutilation. After removal of the part, custody of the remainder of the body vests in the surviving spouse, next of kin or other persons under obligation to dispose of the body.  (b) Physicians.--The time of death shall be determined by a physician who tends the donor at his death or, if none, the physician who certifies the death.  (c) Certain liability limited.--The following shall apply:  (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person who acts in good faith in accordance with the terms of this subchapter or with the anatomical gift laws of another state or a foreign country shall not be liable for damages in any civil action or subject to prosecution in any criminal proceeding for the person's act.  (2) The immunity from civil liability provided under paragraph (1) shall not extend to acts or omissions resulting from gross negligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct of the person.  (3) Neither a person making an anatomical gift nor a donor's estate shall be liable for injury or damage that results from the making or use of the anatomical gift. In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended or revoked under this subchapter, a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in section 8611(b) regarding the individual's relationship to the donor or decedent unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.  (d) Law on autopsies applicable.--Subject to the provisions of section 8626 (relating to facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose death is under investigation), the provisions of this subchapter are subject to the laws of this Commonwealth prescribing powers and duties with respect to autopsies. Notwithstanding 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 91 (relating to criminal history record information), an organ procurement organization is authorized to obtain a copy of an autopsy report in a timely fashion upon request and payment of reasonable copying fees.  (Oct. 23, 2018, P.L.594, No.90)   2018 Amendment. Act 90 amended subsecs. (b), (c) and (d). Section 11(3) of Act 90 provided that the amendment of section 8616 shall take effect upon publication of the notice under section 8629.  Cross References. Section 8616 is referred to in sections 8611, 8613 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8620 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8620 - Police and emergency personnel responsibilities

§ 8620. Police and emergency personnel responsibilities. Police and emergency personnel responding to the scene of an accident or trauma shall take reasonable steps to insure that the driver's license or personal identification card, donor card or other document of gift and medical alert bracelet, if any, of the individual involved in the accident or trauma accompanies the individual to the hospital or other health care facility. The hospital or other health care facility shall, within five days, if practicable, return the driver's license or identification card to the Department of Transportation, accompanied by a form prescribed by the Department of Transportation, if the individual involved in the accident is deceased.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8623 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8623 - Confidentiality requirement

§ 8623. Confidentiality requirement. (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 banks' responsibilities under this chapter except for the purposes of facilitating organ, eye or tissue donation and transplantation or as otherwise required under applicable laws.  (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.  (Oct. 23, 2018, P.L.594, No.90)   2018 Amendment. Section 11(3) of Act 90 provided that the amendment of section 8623 shall take effect upon publication of the notice under section 8629.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8624 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8624 - Prohibited activities

§ 8624. Prohibited activities. (a) Affiliates.--(Deleted by amendment).  (b) Unfair acts.--(Deleted by amendment).  (c) Organ procurement organizations, eye banks and tissue banks.-- (1) An organ procurement organization, an eye bank or a tissue bank shall not do any of the following:  (i) Disparage the services or business of another organ procurement organization, eye bank or tissue bank by false or misleading representations of fact.  (ii) Engage in fraudulent conduct to influence the selection by a hospital of an eye bank or tissue bank.  (iii) Engage in unlawful competition or discrimination. (2) This subsection is not intended to restrict or preclude an organ procurement organization from marketing or promoting the organ procurement organization's services in the normal course of business.  (d) Funeral establishments.-- (1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2), a funeral director or a funeral establishment shall not:  (i) remove body parts from a corpse; (ii) permit others to remove body parts from a corpse; or (iii) use funeral establishment facilities to remove body parts from a corpse. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply as follows: (i) Removal is permissible if it is: (A) necessary to perform embalming or other services in preparation for burial or cremation; and  (B) authorized in writing by a family member, guardian or other person responsible for disposition of the body.  (ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a donation is authorized under this subchapter, a designated organ procurement organization and a Pennsylvania nonprofit eye bank accredited by the Eye Bank Association of America may recover donated ocular tissue, including the whole eye, cornea and sclera, and associated blood specimens at a funeral establishment.  (3) If a funeral director is notified by a person authorized to make donations under this subchapter that the person wishes to donate body parts from a corpse within the funeral director's custody, the funeral director shall immediately notify the organ procurement organization designated to serve that region.  (Oct. 23, 2018, P.L.594, No.90)   2018 Amendment. Section 11(3) of Act 90 provided that the amendment of section 8624 shall take effect upon publication of the notice under section 8629.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8626 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8626 - Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose death is under investigation

§ 8626. Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose death is under investigation. (a) Applicability of section.--This section shall apply in all cases when the coroner or medical examiner must determine the cause of death and whether the death may have resulted from criminal acts or criminal neglect.  (b) Full denial of recovery of organs.--If a coroner or medical examiner is considering denying recovery of all of the organs of a decedent, the coroner or medical examiner shall comply with the procedure set forth in this subsection. The following apply:  (1) The coroner or medical examiner or a designee shall meet with a medical advisory group composed of the decedent's attending physician or a designee, the transplant surgeon or a designee and the applicable designated organ procurement organization at the hospital, during a reasonable time consistent with organ donation and preservation of forensic evidence. In addition, the forensic pathologist may participate as part of the medical advisory group by appearing in person at the hospital, by telephone or through electronic means.  (2) The medical advisory group shall provide the coroner or medical examiner or a designee with the clinical findings of testing and medical procedures performed on the decedent while at the hospital.  (3) If, after the review of the testing and medical procedures set forth in paragraph (2), the coroner or medical examiner or a designee intends to deny recovery of all of the decedent's organs, the coroner or medical examiner or a designee must provide a written statement explaining the reason for the denial. The statement shall be provided to the designated organ procurement organization upon request. The coroner or medical examiner or a designee shall ensure that the written statement is made part of the coroner's or medical examiner's file. The written statement shall be exempt from the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.  (c) Forms.--The coroner or medical examiner shall develop a form for the purpose of stating that the coroner or medical examiner has denied the recovery of all organs as set forth in subsection (b). The coroner or medical examiner shall complete the form when denying recovery of all of a decedent's organs as set forth in subsection (b).  (Oct. 23, 2018, P.L.594, No.90, eff. imd.)   2018 Amendment. Act 90 added section 8626.  Cross References. Section 8626 is referred to in section 8616 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8626.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8626.1 - Notification by coroners and medical examiners to district attorneys

§ 8626.1. Notification by coroners and medical examiners to district attorneys. (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply in all cases when the coroner or medical examiner:  (1) must determine the cause of death and whether the death may have resulted from criminal acts or criminal neglect; and  (2) is not the coroner or medical examiner of the county in which the cause precipitating the death of the individual is believed to have occurred.  (b) Procedure.--The coroner or medical examiner specified in subsection (a)(2) shall notify the coroner or medical examiner of the county in which the cause precipitating the death of the individual is believed to have occurred. After receiving the notification, the coroner or medical examiner shall notify or cause to be notified the district attorney of the county in which the cause precipitating the death of the individual is believed to have occurred.  (Oct. 23, 2018, P.L.594, No.90, eff. imd.)   2018 Amendment. Act 90 added section 8626.1.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8626.2 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8626.2 - Discretionary notification by coroner or medical examiner

§ 8626.2. Discretionary notification by coroner or medical examiner. (a) Notification.--Except as set forth in subsection (b), a coroner or medical examiner or designee may notify the applicable designated organ procurement organization of a person's death outside the hospital for the purpose of facilitating recovery of tissues for transplant.  (b) Exception.--Notification shall not apply if:  (1) the person was admitted to the hospital at or around the time of death; or (2) the notification to the coroner or medical examiner occurred more than 18 hours following the estimated time of the person's death.  (Oct. 23, 2018, P.L.594, No.90, eff. imd.)   2018 Amendment. Act 90 added section 8626.2.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8627 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8627 - Collaboration among departments and organ procurement organizations

§ 8627. Collaboration among departments and organ procurement organizations. (a) Mandatory.-- (1) For purposes of the ongoing development and implementation of the Donate Life PA Registry, the Department of Transportation shall collaborate with the designated organ procurement organizations in applying for Federal or private grants recommended by the organ procurement organizations.  (2) The Department of Transportation, in consultation with designated organ procurement organizations, shall establish an annual education program for photo license technicians of the Department of Transportation regarding the provisions of this subchapter.  (b) Discretionary.--Other Commonwealth agencies may collaborate with the designated organ procurement organizations in applying for Federal or private grants recommended by the organ procurement organizations.  (Oct. 23, 2018, P.L.594, No.90)   2018 Amendment. Act 90 added section 8627. Section 11(3) of Act 90 provided that the addition of section 8627 shall take effect upon publication of the notice under section 8629.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8628 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8628 - Requirements for physician and nurse training relative to organ and tissue donation and recovery

§ 8628. Requirements for physician and nurse training relative to organ and tissue donation and recovery. The State Board of Medicine, the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine and the State Board of Nursing shall promulgate regulations requiring physicians, osteopathic physicians and professional nurses to complete a two-hour course on organ and tissue donation and recovery designed to address the clinical aspects of the donation and recovery process as a condition of license renewal. The course may include information about donation of hands, facial tissue and limbs and other vascularized composite allografts. The course shall be completed within five years of initial licensure or within five years of licensure renewal, whichever occurs first.  (Oct. 23, 2018, P.L.594, No.90, eff. imd.)   2018 Amendment. Act 90 added section 8628.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8629 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8629 - Department of Transportation

§ 8629. Department of Transportation. The following shall apply: (1) The Secretary of Transportation shall publish notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin of the completion of the Department of Transportation's:  (i) Internet website established under section 8621(c)(2) (relating to the Governor Robert P. Casey Memorial Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Trust Fund contributions);  (ii) establishment of the Donate Life PA registry; and (iii) establishment of the hyperlinks to enable donation of money under section 8621. (2) Until the notice under paragraph (1) is published, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a statement every 60 days to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives regarding the actions taken by the department to complete the requirements under paragraph (1).  (Oct. 23, 2018, P.L.594, No.90, eff. imd.)   2018 Amendment. Act 90 added section 8629. The notice referred to in par. (1) was published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on October 26, 2019, at 49 Pa.B. 6491.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8630 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8630 - Department of Corrections

§ 8630. Department of Corrections. The Department of Corrections shall, in consultation with an organ procurement organization, provide information to or make information available about anatomical donation to inmates in State correctional institutions. The information may also include information about donation of hands, facial tissue or limbs and other vascularized composite allografts. The information shall be provided or made available annually and shall include topics under section 8621(c)(2) (relating to The Governor Robert P. Casey Memorial Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Trust Fund contributions).  (Oct. 23, 2018, P.L.594, No.90)   2018 Amendment. Act 90 added section 8630. Section 11(3) of Act 90 provided that the addition of section 8630 shall take effect upon publication of the notice under section 8629.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8631 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8631 - Study of organ procurement organizations

§ 8631. Study of organ procurement organizations. (a) Study.--The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall conduct a study and performance evaluation of expenditures which utilize grants from the Department of Health under section 8622(b) (relating to The Governor Robert P. Casey Memorial Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Trust Fund).  (b) Date.--The study under subsection (a) shall be completed no later than two years after the effective date of this section. Copies shall be submitted to the following:  (1) The Health and Human Services Committee of the Senate. (2) The Judiciary Committee of the Senate. (3) The Health Committee of the House of Representatives. (4) The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives. (Oct. 23, 2018, P.L.594, No.90, eff. imd.)   2018 Amendment. Act 90 added section 8631.
20 PA Cons Stat § 8632 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 86 - Anatomical Gifts|Section 8632 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

§ 8632. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This chapter modifies, limits and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (Public Law 106-229, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.). This chapter shall not modify, limit or supersede section 101(c) of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.  (Oct. 23, 2018, P.L.594, No.90)   2018 Amendment. Act 90 added section 8632. Section 11(3) of Act 90 provided that the addition of section 8632 shall take effect upon publication of the notice under section 8629.