32.1-127.1 - Immunity from liability for routine referral for organ and tissue donation. - Virginia Statutes

§ 32.1-127.1. Immunity from liability for routine referral for organ andtissue donation.

Any chief administrative officer of a hospital or his designee whoadministers the routine referral required by § 32.1-127 and anyrepresentative of any organ procurement organization or eye or tissue bankwho receives notice of a death or imminent death, determines the suitabilityof the decedent or patient for organ donation, makes contact with the familyof a decedent or patient to request the donation of organs, tissues or eyes,or assists or performs the removal of any donated organs, tissues or eyesshall be immune from civil liability for any act, decision, or omission orstatement made in accordance with the provisions of § 32.1-127, theregulations of the Board, and the provisions of the Health Care FinancingAdministration's regulations on routine referral and organ donation, unlesshe was grossly negligent or acted in bad faith or with malicious intent.

(1988, cc. 325, 418; 2000, c. 810.)