Title 19a, Title 19a: Public Health and Well-Being

Sec. 19a-289. Short title: Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. Sections 19a-289 to 19a-289v, inclusive, may be cited as the “Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.” (P.A. 10-123, S. 1.)

Sec. 19a-289a. Definitions. As used in sections 19a-289a to 19a-289v, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Adult” means an individual who is at least eighteen years of age. (2) “Agent” means an individual: (A) Authorized to make health care decisions on the prin…

Sec. 19a-289b. Scope. The provisions of sections 14-42 and 19a-289 to 19a-289v, inclusive, apply to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made. (P.A. 10-123, S. 3.)

Sec. 19a-289c. Persons who may make an anatomical gift during the life of the donor. Subject to the provisions of section 19a-289g, 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 educa…

Sec. 19a-289d. Methods of making anatomical gifts. (a) A donor may make an anatomical gift: (1) By authorizing donor designation in a donor registry; (2) by means of a will; (3) during a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at least t…

Sec. 19a-289e. Methods of amending or revoking an anatomical gift. (a) Subject to the provisions of section 19a-289g, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 19a-289c may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by: (1) A record signed by (A) the don…

Sec. 19a-289f. Methods of refusing to make an anatomical gift. (a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by: (1) A record signed by: (A) The individual; or (B) subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, another indi…

Sec. 19a-289g. Effect of anatomical gift, amendment, revocation or refusal. (a) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section and subject to the provisions of subsection (f) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other tha…

Sec. 19a-289h. Priority of persons who may make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section and unless precluded by section 19a-289f or 19a-289g, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purp…

Sec. 19a-289i. Methods of making or revoking an anatomical gift of a decedent. (a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 19a-289h may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication t…

Sec. 19a-289j. Persons who may receive an anatomical gift. Purpose of anatomical gift. (a) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (1) A hospital; accredited medical school, dental school, college or university; organ procurement org…

Sec. 19a-289k. Persons responsible for making a reasonable search of donor intent to make an anatomical gift. (a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other informa…

Sec. 19a-289l. Delivery of document of gift. (a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective. (b) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the…

Sec. 19a-289m. Rights and responsibilities of a procurement organization. Donee's rights. Procedures for removing or transplanting donated body parts. (a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable…

Sec. 19a-289n. Agreements between hospitals and procurement organizations. Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts. (P.A. 10-123, S. 15.)

Sec. 19a-289o. Prohibition against transfer for valuable consideration of any part. Permissible charges. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if remov…

Sec. 19a-289p. Prohibited acts re document of gift. A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal shall be guilty of a class …

Sec. 19a-289q. Immunity. Implied warranties not applicable. Determining whether an anatomical gift has been made. (a) A person that acts in accordance with sections 14-42 and 19a-289 to 19a-289v, inclusive, or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts …

Sec. 19a-289r. Choice of law. (a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (1) The provisions of sections 14-42 and 19a-289 to 19a-289v, inclusive; (2) the laws of the state or country where such document was executed; or (3) the laws of the state or country wh…

Sec. 19a-289s. Requirements re donor registry. (a) A donor registry shall be: (1) A database that includes individuals who have made an anatomical gift; (2) accessible to a procurement organization in order to allow such procurement organization the ability to obtain relevant inf…

Sec. 19a-289t. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to cooperate with procurement organizations. Subject to the provisions of chapter 368q, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gi…

Sec. 19a-289u. Uniformity of application and construction of act. In applying and construing the provisions of the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter among states that e…

Sec. 19a-289v. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. Sections 19a-289 to 19a-289v, inclusive, modify, limit and supersede the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC Section 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit or super…

Sec. 19a-29. (Formerly Sec. 19-9). Special laboratories. The Department of Public Health may establish and maintain district or special laboratories to perform laboratory examinations and studies as specified in section 19a-26. To provide for laboratory services as herein authori…

Sec. 19a-290. Eligibility of persons with physical, mental or intellectual disabilities to receive anatomical gifts or organs. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Anatomical gift” means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose…

Sec. 19a-295. (Formerly Sec. 19-146). Ownership and management of burial grounds. Town appropriations. Towns and ecclesiastical societies may procure and hold lands for burial grounds and provide a hearse and pall for the burial of the dead. Cemeteries may be acquired, owned and …

Sec. 19a-296. (Formerly Sec. 19-147). Cemetery associations. (a) Cemetery associations shall be organized in accordance with the provisions of sections 33-1025 to 33-1047, inclusive, and shall not be conducted for the purposes of speculation in cemetery lots and property, or for …

Sec. 19a-297. (Formerly Sec. 19-148). Bylaws. Sexton. The selectmen of towns, cemetery associations or ecclesiastical societies, having the care of cemeteries, may (1) enact bylaws providing for the care and management of all burial lots, and the protection of all shrubs, trees, …

Sec. 19a-298. (Formerly Sec. 19-149). Cemetery associations with capital stock organized prior to 1855. Cemetery associations having capital stock and organized under the general law as to incorporating burial societies prior to 1855 may, when the principal and interest of the su…

Sec. 19a-299. (Formerly Sec. 19-150). Trust funds for care of cemeteries. Towns, ecclesiastical societies and cemetery associations may receive and hold in trust donations, the income of which is to be used wholly or in part for the care or improvement of their cemeteries and bur…

Sec. 19a-29a. Environmental laboratories. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Environmental laboratory” means any facility or other area, including, but not limited to, an outdoor area where testing occurs, used for microbiological, chemical, radiological or other analyte testing o…

Sec. 19a-2a. Powers and duties. The Commissioner of Public Health shall employ the most efficient and practical means for the prevention and suppression of disease and shall administer all laws under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Health and the Public Health Code. …

Sec. 19a-2b. Commissioner may appear as intervenor for purpose of determining compliance with state health plan. Section 19a-2b is repealed, effective October 1, 2010. (P.A. 93-381, S. 4, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 39, 58; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 27; P.A. 10-179, S. 161.)

Sec. 19a-2c. Appointment of superintendents of alcohol and drug treatment facilities by the commissioner. Section 19a-2c is repealed, effective July 1, 1995. (P.A. 93-381, S. 5, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 57, 58.)

Secs. 19a-2d to 19a-2f. Transferred to Chapter 319j, Secs. 17a-670 to 17a-672, inclusive.

Secs. 19a-30 to 19a-31. Transferred to Chapter 368v, Secs. 19a-565 to 19a-565b, inclusive.

Sec. 19a-300. (Formerly Sec. 19-151). Funds for care of cemetery lots. Money declared by an instrument in writing to be intended for the perpetual care, maintenance, improvement or embellishment of any cemetery in this state, or of any lot or plot therein, to an amount not less t…

Sec. 19a-301. (Formerly Sec. 19-152). Establishment and management of perpetual funds. Accounting. (a) Any cemetery association, organized as provided by law, may, by vote of the directors or members of such association, set aside the surplus funds of such association as a perpet…

Sec. 19a-302. (Formerly Sec. 19-153). Takeover of fund. Appointment of cemetery committee. If at any time such association fails to comply with the provisions of section 19a-301, the selectmen of the town in which such cemetery is located shall take over the care of such fund and…

Sec. 19a-303. (Formerly Sec. 19-154). Acceptance of legacy. Any town or ecclesiastical society, at any meeting warned and held for that purpose, may accept, upon the terms and conditions expressed by a testator in his will, any legacy intended as a provision for the enlargement, …

Sec. 19a-304. (Formerly Sec. 19-155). Care of funds by towns. Such a donation, when received by a town, shall, unless otherwise directed by the donor, be paid to the town treasurer; and the income therefrom shall be paid by such treasurer to such person as the selectmen may annua…

Sec. 19a-305. (Formerly Sec. 19-156). Probate Court may make allowance for care of lot. The Court of Probate may allow, out of the estate of a deceased person in settlement before such court, such amount as it deems necessary for the perpetual care, or for care for such time as i…

Sec. 19a-306. (Formerly Sec. 19-157). Cemeteries in adjoining towns. When any cemetery association or ecclesiastical society owns or manages a cemetery or cemeteries in two adjoining towns, or in the town next adjoining the town in which such association or society is located, a …

Sec. 19a-307. (Formerly Sec. 19-158). Sale of abandoned or unused lots. Any town or any mutual nonstock cemetery association or corporation having charges legally assessed against any lot in the cemetery under its control or any holder of any such lot which have been due and unpa…

Sec. 19a-308. (Formerly Sec. 19-159). Care of neglected cemeteries. Civil and criminal liability for undertaking care and maintenance. (a) In any town in which there is a burial ground or cemetery containing more than six places of interment that has been neglected and allowed to…

Sec. 19a-308a. Abandoned cemeteries. Acquisition by municipality. Notice requirements. Objections. Vesting of title with municipality. (a) As used in this section, “abandoned cemetery” means a cemetery (1) in which no burial has occurred during the previous forty years and in whi…