RS 17:2351 Definitions - Louisiana Statutes

PART II.  ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT

§2351.  Definitions

(1)  "Bank or storage facility" means a facility licensed or approved under the laws of any state for storage of human bodies or parts thereof, for use in medical education, research, therapy, or transplantation to individuals.

(2)  "Decedent" means an individual of any age and includes a stillborn infant.

(3)  "Hospital" means a hospital licensed, accredited, or approved under the laws of any state and includes a hospital operated by the United States government, a state, or a subdivision thereof, although not required to be licensed under state laws.

(4)  "Part" of a body includes organs, tissues, eyes, bones, arteries, blood, other fluids and other portions of bodies, and "part" includes "parts."

(5)  "Person" means individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity.

(6)  "Physician" or "surgeon" means a physician or surgeon licensed to practice under the laws of any state.

(7)  "State" includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession, and any other area subject to the legislative authority of the United States of America.

(8)  "Technician" means any individual who has successfully completed a course in eye enucleation for ophthalmic medical assistants approved by the American Association of Ophthalmology and possesses documentary proof of qualifications.

(9)  "Organ procurement organization" means an organization that is designated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration or its successor, to perform or coordinate the performance of surgical recovery, preservation, and transportation of organs, and that maintains a system for locating prospective recipients for available organs.

(10)  "Louisiana-designated organ procurement organization" means the organ procurement organization for the state as designated by the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals under R.S. 17:2354.4(J).

(11)  "Vascular organ" means the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, pancreas, or any other organ that requires the continuous circulation of blood to remain useful for transplantation purposes.  As used in this Part, "vascular organ" does not include human tissue, bones, or corneas.

Acts 1968, No. 651, §1.  Amended by Acts 1976, No. 357, §2; Acts 1997, No. 99, §1, eff. June 11, 1997.