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142C.17 ANNUAL DONATION AND COMPLIANCE REPORT.
The Iowa department of public health, in conjunction with any
statewide organ procurement organization in Iowa, shall prepare and
submit a report to the general assembly on or before January 1 each
year regarding organ donation rates and voluntary compliance efforts
with hospital organ and tissue donation protocols by physicians,
hospitals, and other health systems organizations. The report shall
contain the following:
1. An evaluation of organ procurement efforts in the state,
including statistics regarding organ and tissue donation activity as
of September 30 of the preceding year.
2. Efforts by any statewide organ procurement organization in
Iowa, and related parties, to increase organ and tissue donation and
consent rates.
3. Voluntary compliance efforts with hospital organ and tissue
donation protocols by physicians, hospitals, and health systems
organizations and the results of those efforts.
4. Annual contribution levels to the anatomical gift public
awareness and transplantation fund created in section 142C.15, and
any distributions made from the fund.
5. Efforts and ideas for increasing public awareness of the
option of organ and tissue donation.
6. Additional information deemed relevant by the department in
assessing the status and progress of organ and tissue donation
efforts in the state. Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1015, §2
