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22-19-47
Section 22-19-47 Powers, duties and liabilities upon death. (a) The donee may accept or reject
the gift. If the donee accepts a gift of the entire body, he may, subject to the terms of
the gift, authorize embalming and the use of the body in 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
or the remainder of the body vests in the surviving spouse, next of kin or other persons under
obligations to dispose of the body. (b) The time of death shall be determined by a physician
who attends the donor at his death or, if none, the physician who certifies the death. The
physician shall not participate in the procedures for removing or transplanting a part. (c)
A person who acts in good faith in accord with the terms of this article or with the anatomical
gift laws of another state or a foreign country is not liable for...
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22-19-173
Section 22-19-173 Rights and duties of procurement organization and others. (a) When a hospital
refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall
make a reasonable search of the records of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and any
donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual resides
to ascertain whether the individual has made an anatomical gift. (b) A procurement organization
must be allowed reasonable access to information in the records of the Alabama State Law Enforcement
Agency to ascertain whether an individual at or near death is a donor. (c) When a hospital
refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization may
conduct any reasonable examination necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part that
is or could be the subject of an anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or
education from a donor or a prospective donor. During the...
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22-19-161
assistant by the State Board of Medical Examiners to remove or process a part. (35) "Technician"
means an individual determined to be qualified to remove or process parts by an appropriate
organization that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law. The term
includes an enucleator. (36) "Tissue" means a portion of the human body other than
an organ or an eye. The term does not include blood unless the blood is donated for the purpose
of research or education. (37) "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. (38) "Transplant hospital" means a hospital
that furnishes organ transplants and other medical and surgical specialty services required
for the care of transplant patients. (39) "Will" means a disposition of real and
personal property to take effect after the death of a testator. (Act 2008-453, p. 867,
§1.)...
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22-19-44
Section 22-19-44 Modes of executing gift. (a) A gift of all or part of the body under subsection
(a) of Section 22-19-42 may be made by will. The gift becomes effective upon the death of
the testator without waiting for probate. If the will is not probated, or if it is declared
invalid for testamentary purposes, the gift, to the extent that it has been acted upon in
good faith, is nevertheless valid and effective. (b) A gift of all or part of the body under
subsection (a) of Section 22-19-42 may also be made by document other than a will. The gift
becomes effective upon the death of the donor. The document, which may be a card designed
to be carried on the person, must be signed by the donor in the presence of two witnesses,
who must sign the document in his presence. If the donor cannot sign, the document may be
signed for him at his direction and in his presence and in the presence of two witnesses,
who must sign the document in his presence. Delivery of the document of gift during...
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22-19-182
Section 22-19-182 Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction
of coroner or medical examiner. (a) Upon request of a procurement organization, a coroner
or medical examiner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information,
and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction
of the coroner or medical examiner. Specific operational details regarding visitation, referral
methods, recovery logistics, and efforts to minimize interruptions to the operations of the
coroner and/or medical examiner will be established in the protocols referenced in Section
22-19-181 (d). Section 164.512 of the Health Information Portability and Protection Act, enacted
1996, specifies that a covered entity may use or disclose protected health information to
organ procurement organizations or other entities engaged in the procurement, banking, or
transplantation of cadaveric organs, eyes, or tissues for the...
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22-19-181
Section 22-19-181 Cooperation between coroner, medical examiner, and procurement organization.
(a) A coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or local public health official or
a designee shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover
anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education when
it has been determined that the recovery will not interfere with a death investigation. The
organ procurement organization, tissue bank, and eye bank will make every reasonable effort
to seek approval and release from the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or
designee prior to proceeding with consent approaches to the authorized parties as described
in this article. The request for release process will begin with the coroner or designee,
who may defer to the medical examiner or designee, who may subsequently defer to the district
attorney or designee. At the time of coroner or medical examiner or district...
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22-21-318
properties and assets to such persons, firms, partnerships, associations or corporations and
on such terms as the board deems to be appropriate, to charge and collect rent or other fees
or charges therefor and to terminate any such lease or other agreement upon the failure of
the lessee or other party thereto to comply with any of its obligations thereunder; (7) To
receive, acquire, take and hold (whether by purchase, gift, transfer, foreclosure, lease,
devise, option or otherwise) real and personal property of every description, or any
interest therein, and to manage, improve and dispose of the same by any form of legal conveyance
or transfer; provided however, that the authority shall not, without the prior approval of
the governing body of each authorizing subdivision, have the power to dispose of (i) substantially
all its assets, or (ii) any health care facilities the disposition of which would materially
and significantly reduce or impair the level of hospital or health care...
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34-23-1
Food and Drug Administration has made either a determination of licensure based on standards
for interchangeability pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §262(k)(4), or a determination of therapeutic
equivalence based on the latest edition of or supplement to the federal Food and Drug Administration's
publication Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (Orange Book).
(10) INTERN. An individual who is currently licensed by this state to engage in the practice
of pharmacy while under the personal supervision of a pharmacist and is satisfactorily
progressing toward meeting the requirements for licensure as a pharmacist, a graduate of an
approved college of pharmacy who is currently licensed by the board for the purpose of obtaining
practical experience as a requirement for licensure as a pharmacist, or a qualified applicant
awaiting examination for licensure. (11) LEGEND DRUG. Any drug, medicine, chemical, or poison
bearing on the label the words, "Caution, federal law prohibits...
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22-19-163
Section 22-19-163 Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death. Subject to Section 22-19-167,
an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for
the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in
Section 22-19-164 by: (1) the donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and
is: (A) emancipated; or (B) authorized under state law to apply for a driver's license because
the donor is at least 16 years of age; (2) an agent of the donor, unless the power of attorney
for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift; (3) a
parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or (4) the donor's guardian.
(Act 2008-453, p. 867, §1.)...
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22-19-168
Section 22-19-168 Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part. (a) Subject to subsections
(b) and (c) and unless barred by Section 22-19-166 or 22-19-167, an anatomical gift of a decedent's
body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by
any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the order of
priority listed: (1) an agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have made an
anatomical gift under Section 22-19-163(2) immediately before the decedent's death; (2) the
spouse of the decedent; (3) adult children of the decedent; (4) parents of the decedent; (5)
adult siblings of the decedent; (6) adult grandchildren of the decedent; (7) grandparents
of the decedent; (8) an adult who exhibited special care and concern for the decedent; (9)
the persons who were acting as the guardians of the person of the decedent at the time of
death; and (10) any other person having the authority to dispose of...
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