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)  assures 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 him 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). 
     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 219, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 540, L. 1989. 
 


