Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 475 - REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE VIRGINIA DONOR REGISTRY › Part I - Definitions and General nformation › Section 12VAC5-475-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Anatomical gift" or "organ donation" means a donation of
					 all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the
					 purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.
"Board" means the State Board of Health.
"Decedent" means a deceased individual whose body or part
					 is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn
					 infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than the restrictions
					 imposed by the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (§ 32.1-291.1 et seq.
					 of the Code of Virginia), a fetus.
"Department" means the Virginia Department of
					 Health.
"Designee" means a person designated by an organ
					 procurement organization, eye bank, or tissue bank to identify and determine
					 the suitability of a potential donor.
"Document of gift" means a donor card or other record used
					 to make an anatomical gift. The term includes a statement or symbol made
					 pursuant to § 46.2-342G of the Code of Virginia on a driver's license, an
					 identification card, or a donor registry.
"DonateLifeVirginia.org" means the official Virginia
					 website that provides information on organ and tissue donation and provides a
					 registration form for registrants to make an anatomical gift in accordance with
					 the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (§ 32.1-291.1 et seq. of the Code
					 of Virginia).
"Donor" means an individual whose body or part is the
					 subject of an anatomical gift.
"Eye bank" means a person that is licensed, accredited, or
					 regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening,
					 testing, processing, storage, or distribution of human eyes or portions of
					 human eyes and that is a member of the Virginia Transplant Council, accredited
					 by the Eye Bank Association of America or the American Association of Tissue
					 Banks and operating in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
"Guardian" means a person appointed by a court to make
					 decisions regarding the support, care, education, health, or welfare of an
					 individual. The term does not include a guardian ad litem, except when the
					 guardian ad litem is authorized by a court to consent to donation.
"Organ procurement organization" means a person designated
					 by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as an
					 organ procurement organization that is also a member of the Virginia Transplant
					 Council.
"Part" means an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human being.
					 The term does not include the whole body.
"Procurement" means the recovery of any donated part by a
					 licensed physician or a technician who is qualified in accordance with §
					 32.1-291.14 of the Code of Virginia.
"Registry" means the Virginia Donor Registry , which shall
					 be created, compiled, operated, maintained, and modified as necessary by the
					 Virginia Transplant Council in accordance with § 32.1-292.2 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
"Tissue bank" means a person that is licensed, accredited,
					 or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening,
					 testing, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue, and that is a member
					 of the Virginia Transplant Council, accredited by the American Association of
					 Tissue Banks, and operating in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
"VTC" means the Virginia Transplant
					 Council.
Statutory Authority: § 32.1-292.2 of the Code of
						Virginia.