Florida Statutes Part V - Anatomical Gifts (Ss. 765.510-765.547)

• 765.510 - Legislative Declaration.
  Because of the rapid medical progress in the fields of tissue and organ preservation, transplantation of tissue, and tissue culture, and because it is in...
• 765.511 - Definitions.
  As used in this part, the term:(1) “Agency” means the Agency for Health Care Administration.(2) “Anatomical gift” or “gift” means a donation of all or part of...
• 765.512 - Persons Who May Make An Anatomical Gift.
  (1) Any person who may make a will may make an anatomical gift of his or her body.(a) If the decedent makes an anatomical gift by one...
• 765.513 - Donees; Purposes For Which Anatomical Gifts May Be Made.
  (1) The following persons or entities may become donees of anatomical gifts of bodies or parts of them for the purposes stated:(a) Any procurement organization or accredited...
• 765.514 - Manner Of Making Anatomical Gifts.
  (1) A person may make an anatomical gift of all or part of his or her body under s. 765.512(1) by:(a) Signing an organ and tissue donor...
• 765.515 - Delivery Of Donor Document.
  (1) If an anatomical gift is made pursuant to s. 765.521, the completed donor registration card shall be delivered to the department, and the department must...
• 765.5155 - Donor Registry; Education Program.
  (1) The Legislature finds that:(a) There is a shortage of organ and tissue donors in this state willing to provide the organs and tissue that could save...
• 765.51551 - Donor Registry; Public Records Exemption.
  (1) Information held in the donor registry which identifies a donor is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State...
• 765.516 - Donor Amendment Or Revocation Of Anatomical Gift.
  (1) A donor may amend the terms of or revoke an anatomical gift by:(a) The execution and delivery to the donee of a signed statement witnessed by...
• 765.517 - Rights And Duties At Death.
  (1) The donee, pursuant to s. 765.515(2), may accept or reject an anatomical gift. If the donee accepts a gift to be used for research or...
• 765.518 - Eye Banks.
  (1) Any state, county, district, or other public hospital may purchase and provide the necessary facilities and equipment to establish and maintain an eye bank for...
• 765.5185 - Corneal Removal By Medical Examiners.
  (1) In any case in which a patient is in need of corneal tissue for a transplant, a district medical examiner or an appropriately qualified designee...
• 765.519 - Enucleation Of Eyes By Licensed Funeral Directors.
  With respect to a gift of an eye as provided for in this part, a licensed funeral director as defined in chapter 497 who has...
• 765.521 - Donations As Part Of Driver License Or Identification Card Process.
  (1) The agency and the department shall develop and implement a program encouraging and allowing persons to make anatomical gifts as a part of the process...
• 765.522 - Duty Of Hospital Administrators; Liability Of Hospital Administrators And Procurement Organizations.
  (1) If, based on accepted medical standards, a hospital patient is a suitable candidate for organ or tissue donation, the hospital administrator or the hospital administrator’s...
• 765.53 - Organ Transplant Advisory Council; Membership; Responsibilities.
  (1) A statewide technical Organ Transplant Advisory Council is created within the agency, consisting of twelve members who are physicians licensed under chapter 458 or chapter...
• 765.541 - Certification Of Procurement Organizations; Agency Responsibilities.
  The agency shall:(1) Establish a program for the certification of organizations, corporations, or other entities engaged in the procurement of organs, tissues, and eyes for transplantation.(2) Adopt...
• 765.542 - Requirements To Engage In Organ, Tissue, Or Eye Procurement.
  (1) The requirements of part II of chapter 408 apply to the provision of services that require licensure pursuant to ss. 765.541-765.546 and part II of...
• 765.543 - Organ And Tissue Procurement And Transplantation Advisory Board; Creation; Duties.
  (1) There is hereby created the Organ and Tissue Procurement and Transplantation Advisory Board, which shall consist of 14 members who are appointed by and report...
• 765.544 - Fees; Organ And Tissue Donor Education And Procurement.
  (1) In accordance with s. 408.805, an applicant or a certificateholder shall pay a fee for each application submitted under this part, part II of chapter...
• 765.545 - Physician Supervision Of Cadaveric Organ And Tissue Procurement Coordinators.
  Procurement organizations may employ coordinators who are registered nurses, physician’s assistants, or other medically trained personnel who meet the relevant standards for procurement organizations adopted...
• 765.546 - Procurement Of Cadaveric Organs For Transplant By Out-of-state Physicians.
  Any physician currently licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the United States may surgically procure in this state cadaveric organs for transplant if:(1) The organs...
• 765.547 - Cooperation Between Medical Examiner And Procurement Organization.
  (1) A medical examiner and procurement organization shall cooperate with each other in order to maximize opportunities to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation,...

Last modified: September 23, 2016