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§ 5238. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Anatomical gift" means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect upon or after death.
(2) "Decedent" means a deceased individual and includes a stillborn infant or fetus.
(3) "Document of gift" means an organ donor card, a will, or other writing used to make an anatomical gift.
(4) "Donee" means a hospital, physician, procurement organization or an accredited medical or dental school, college or university authorized to receive an anatomical gift for the purposes stated in section 5242 of this title.
(5) "Donor" means an individual who makes an anatomical gift of all or part of his or her body.
(6) "Enucleator" means an individual who has successfully completed a course of training acceptable to the New England Eye Bank or a course of training approved by the board of medical practice to remove or process eyes or parts of eyes.
(7) "Hospital" means a facility licensed, accredited or approved as a hospital under the law of any state, or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States government, a state or a subdivision of a state.
(8) "Part" means an organ, tissue, eye, bone, artery, blood, fluid or other portion of a human body.
(9) "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine under the laws of any state.
(10) "Procurement organization" means a person licensed, accredited or approved under federal law as an organ procurement organization or under the laws of any state for procurement, distribution or storage of human bodies or parts.
(11) "State" means a state, territory or possession of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(12) "Technician" means an individual who is approved by the board of medical practice or a procurement organization to remove or process a part. (Added 1989, No. 273 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 21, 1990; amended 1995, No. 70 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 14, 1996; 2007, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
