194.210. 1. Sections 194.210 to 194.294 may be cited as the "RevisedUniform Anatomical Gift Act".
2. As used in sections 194.210 to 194.294, the following terms mean:
(1) "Adult", an individual who is at least eighteen years of age;
(2) "Agent", an individual:
(a) Authorized to make health-care decisions on the principal'sbehalf by a power of attorney for health care; or
(b) Expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on theprincipal's behalf by any other record signed by the principal;
(3) "Anatomical gift", a donation of all or part of a human body totake effect after the donor's death for the purposes of transplantation,therapy, research, or education;
(4) "Cadaver procurement organization", an entity lawfullyestablished and operated for the procurement and distribution of anatomicalgifts to be used as cadavers or cadaver tissue for appropriate education orresearch;
(5) "Decedent", a deceased individual whose body or part is or may bethe source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn infant butdoes not include an unborn child as defined in section 1.205 or 188.015,RSMo, if the child has not died of natural causes;
(6) "Disinterested witness", a witness other than the spouse, child,parent, sibling, grandchild, grandparent, or guardian of the individual whomakes, amends, revokes, or refuses to make an anatomical gift. The termdoes not include a person to which an anatomical gift could pass undersection 194.255;
(7) "Document of gift", a donor card or other record used to make ananatomical gift. The term includes a statement or symbol on a driver'slicense, identification card, or donor registry;
(8) "Donor", an individual whose body or part is the subject of ananatomical gift provided that donor does not include an unborn child asdefined in section 1.205, RSMo, or section 188.015, RSMo, if the child hasnot died of natural causes;
(9) "Donor registry", a database that contains records of anatomicalgifts and amendments to or revocations of anatomical gifts;
(10) "Driver's license", a license or permit issued by the departmentof revenue to operate a vehicle whether or not conditions are attached tothe license or permit;
(11) "Eye bank", a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulatedunder federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing,processing, storage, or distribution of human eyes or portions of humaneyes;
(12) "Guardian", a person appointed by a court pursuant to chapter475, RSMo. The term does not include a guardian ad litem;
(13) "Hospital", a facility licensed as a hospital under the laws ofany state or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States, astate, or a subdivision of a state;
(14) "Identification card", an identification card issued by thedepartment of revenue;
(15) "Know", to have actual knowledge;
(16) "Minor", an individual who is under eighteen years of age;
(17) "Organ procurement organization", a person designated by theUnited States Secretary of Health and Human Services as an organprocurement organization;
(18) "Parent", a parent whose parental rights have not beenterminated;
(19) "Part", an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human being. The termdoes not include the whole body;
(20) "Person", an individual, corporation, business trust, estate,trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture,public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, orinstrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity;
(21) "Physician", an individual authorized to practice medicine orosteopathy under the laws of any state;
(22) "Procurement organization", an eye bank, organ procurementorganization, or tissue bank;
(23) "Prospective donor", an individual who is dead or near death andhas been determined by a procurement organization to have a part that couldbe medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education.The term does not include an individual who has made a refusal;
(24) "Reasonably available", able to be contacted by a procurementorganization with reasonable effort and willing and able to act in a timelymanner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary for the makingof an anatomical gift;
(25) "Recipient", an individual into whose body a decedent's part hasbeen or is intended to be transplanted;
(26) "Record", information that is inscribed on a tangible medium orthat is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable inperceivable form;
(27) "Refusal", a record created under section 194.235 that expresslystates an intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of anindividual's body or part;
(28) "Sign", with the present intent to authenticate or adopt arecord:
(a) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
(b) To attach or logically associate with the record an electronicsymbol, sound, or process;
(29) "State", a state of the United States, the District of Columbia,Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insularpossession subject to the United States;
(30) "Technician", an individual determined to be qualified to removeor process parts by an appropriate organization that is licensed,accredited, or regulated under federal or state law. The term includes aneye enucleator;
(31) "Tissue", a portion of the human body other than an organ or aneye. The term does not include blood unless the blood is donated forpurposes of research or education;
(32) "Tissue bank", a person that is licensed, accredited, orregulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening,testing, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue;
(33) "Transplant hospital", a hospital that furnishes organtransplants and other medical and surgical specialty services required forthe care of transplant patients.
194.210. 1. Sections 194.210 to 194.294 may be cited as the "RevisedUniform Anatomical Gift Act".
2. As used in sections 194.210 to 194.294, the following terms mean:
(1) "Adult", an individual who is at least eighteen years of age;
(2) "Agent", an individual:
(a) Authorized to make health-care decisions on the principal'sbehalf by a power of attorney for health care; or
(b) Expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on theprincipal's behalf by any other record signed by the principal;
(3) "Anatomical gift", a donation of all or part of a human body totake effect after the donor's death for the purposes of transplantation,therapy, research, or education;
(4) "Cadaver procurement organization", an entity lawfullyestablished and operated for the procurement and distribution of anatomicalgifts to be used as cadavers or cadaver tissue for appropriate education orresearch;
(5) "Decedent", a deceased individual whose body or part is or may bethe source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn infant butdoes not include an unborn child as defined in section 1.205 or 188.015,RSMo, if the child has not died of natural causes;
(6) "Disinterested witness", a witness other than the spouse, child,parent, sibling, grandchild, grandparent, or guardian of the individual whomakes, amends, revokes, or refuses to make an anatomical gift. The termdoes not include a person to which an anatomical gift could pass undersection 194.255;
(7) "Document of gift", a donor card or other record used to make ananatomical gift. The term includes a statement or symbol on a driver'slicense, identification card, or donor registry;
(8) "Donor", an individual whose body or part is the subject of ananatomical gift provided that donor does not include an unborn child asdefined in section 1.205, RSMo, or section 188.015, RSMo, if the child hasnot died of natural causes;
(9) "Donor registry", a database that contains records of anatomicalgifts and amendments to or revocations of anatomical gifts;
(10) "Driver's license", a license or permit issued by the departmentof revenue to operate a vehicle whether or not conditions are attached tothe license or permit;
(11) "Eye bank", a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulatedunder federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing,processing, storage, or distribution of human eyes or portions of humaneyes;
(12) "Guardian", a person appointed by a court pursuant to chapter475, RSMo. The term does not include a guardian ad litem;
(13) "Hospital", a facility licensed as a hospital under the laws ofany state or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States, astate, or a subdivision of a state;
(14) "Identification card", an identification card issued by thedepartment of revenue;
(15) "Know", to have actual knowledge;
(16) "Minor", an individual who is under eighteen years of age;
(17) "Organ procurement organization", a person designated by theUnited States Secretary of Health and Human Services as an organprocurement organization;
(18) "Parent", a parent whose parental rights have not beenterminated;
(19) "Part", an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human being. The termdoes not include the whole body;
(20) "Person", an individual, corporation, business trust, estate,trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture,public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, orinstrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity;
(21) "Physician", an individual authorized to practice medicine orosteopathy under the laws of any state;
(22) "Procurement organization", an eye bank, organ procurementorganization, or tissue bank;
(23) "Prospective donor", an individual who is dead or near death andhas been determined by a procurement organization to have a part that couldbe medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education.The term does not include an individual who has made a refusal;
(24) "Reasonably available", able to be contacted by a procurementorganization with reasonable effort and willing and able to act in a timelymanner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary for the makingof an anatomical gift;
(25) "Recipient", an individual into whose body a decedent's part hasbeen or is intended to be transplanted;
(26) "Record", information that is inscribed on a tangible medium orthat is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable inperceivable form;
(27) "Refusal", a record created under section 194.235 that expresslystates an intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of anindividual's body or part;
(28) "Sign", with the present intent to authenticate or adopt arecord:
(a) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
(b) To attach or logically associate with the record an electronicsymbol, sound, or process;
(29) "State", a state of the United States, the District of Columbia,Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insularpossession subject to the United States;
(30) "Technician", an individual determined to be qualified to removeor process parts by an appropriate organization that is licensed,accredited, or regulated under federal or state law. The term includes aneye enucleator;
(31) "Tissue", a portion of the human body other than an organ or aneye. The term does not include blood unless the blood is donated forpurposes of research or education;
(32) "Tissue bank", a person that is licensed, accredited, orregulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening,testing, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue;
(33) "Transplant hospital", a hospital that furnishes organtransplants and other medical and surgical specialty services required forthe care of transplant patients.
194.210. 1. Sections 194.210 to 194.294 may be cited as the "RevisedUniform Anatomical Gift Act".
2. As used in sections 194.210 to 194.294, the following terms mean:
(1) "Adult", an individual who is at least eighteen years of age;
(2) "Agent", an individual:
(a) Authorized to make health-care decisions on the principal'sbehalf by a power of attorney for health care; or
(b) Expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on theprincipal's behalf by any other record signed by the principal;
(3) "Anatomical gift", a donation of all or part of a human body totake effect after the donor's death for the purposes of transplantation,therapy, research, or education;
(4) "Cadaver procurement organization", an entity lawfullyestablished and operated for the procurement and distribution of anatomicalgifts to be used as cadavers or cadaver tissue for appropriate education orresearch;
(5) "Decedent", a deceased individual whose body or part is or may bethe source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn infant butdoes not include an unborn child as defined in section 1.205 or 188.015,RSMo, if the child has not died of natural causes;
(6) "Disinterested witness", a witness other than the spouse, child,parent, sibling, grandchild, grandparent, or guardian of the individual whomakes, amends, revokes, or refuses to make an anatomical gift. The termdoes not include a person to which an anatomical gift could pass undersection 194.255;
(7) "Document of gift", a donor card or other record used to make ananatomical gift. The term includes a statement or symbol on a driver'slicense, identification card, or donor registry;
(8) "Donor", an individual whose body or part is the subject of ananatomical gift provided that donor does not include an unborn child asdefined in section 1.205, RSMo, or section 188.015, RSMo, if the child hasnot died of natural causes;
(9) "Donor registry", a database that contains records of anatomicalgifts and amendments to or revocations of anatomical gifts;
(10) "Driver's license", a license or permit issued by the departmentof revenue to operate a vehicle whether or not conditions are attached tothe license or permit;
(11) "Eye bank", a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulatedunder federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing,processing, storage, or distribution of human eyes or portions of humaneyes;
(12) "Guardian", a person appointed by a court pursuant to chapter475, RSMo. The term does not include a guardian ad litem;
(13) "Hospital", a facility licensed as a hospital under the laws ofany state or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States, astate, or a subdivision of a state;
(14) "Identification card", an identification card issued by thedepartment of revenue;
(15) "Know", to have actual knowledge;
(16) "Minor", an individual who is under eighteen years of age;
(17) "Organ procurement organization", a person designated by theUnited States Secretary of Health and Human Services as an organprocurement organization;
(18) "Parent", a parent whose parental rights have not beenterminated;
(19) "Part", an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human being. The termdoes not include the whole body;
(20) "Person", an individual, corporation, business trust, estate,trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture,public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, orinstrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity;
(21) "Physician", an individual authorized to practice medicine orosteopathy under the laws of any state;
(22) "Procurement organization", an eye bank, organ procurementorganization, or tissue bank;
(23) "Prospective donor", an individual who is dead or near death andhas been determined by a procurement organization to have a part that couldbe medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education.The term does not include an individual who has made a refusal;
(24) "Reasonably available", able to be contacted by a procurementorganization with reasonable effort and willing and able to act in a timelymanner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary for the makingof an anatomical gift;
(25) "Recipient", an individual into whose body a decedent's part hasbeen or is intended to be transplanted;
(26) "Record", information that is inscribed on a tangible medium orthat is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable inperceivable form;
(27) "Refusal", a record created under section 194.235 that expresslystates an intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of anindividual's body or part;
(28) "Sign", with the present intent to authenticate or adopt arecord:
(a) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
(b) To attach or logically associate with the record an electronicsymbol, sound, or process;
(29) "State", a state of the United States, the District of Columbia,Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insularpossession subject to the United States;
(30) "Technician", an individual determined to be qualified to removeor process parts by an appropriate organization that is licensed,accredited, or regulated under federal or state law. The term includes aneye enucleator;
(31) "Tissue", a portion of the human body other than an organ or aneye. The term does not include blood unless the blood is donated forpurposes of research or education;
(32) "Tissue bank", a person that is licensed, accredited, orregulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening,testing, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue;
(33) "Transplant hospital", a hospital that furnishes organtransplants and other medical and surgical specialty services required forthe care of transplant patients.
