Title 7, Human Health Care and Safety.

This subchapter applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.

Subject to § 7-1531.07, 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 education in the manner provided in § 7-1531.04 by: (1) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a…

(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift: (1) By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor’s driver’s license or identification card; (2) In a will; (3) During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by …

(a) Subject to § 7-1531.07, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 7-1531.03 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by: (1) A record signed by: (A) The donor; (B) The other person; or (C) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, another individual…

(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 subsection (b) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically …

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this section and subject to subsection (f) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a don…

(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section and unless barred by § 7-1531.06 or § 7-1531.07, an anatomical gift of a decedent’s body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons wh…

(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 7-1531.08 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person’s oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signe…

(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 organization; or other appropriate person authorized by the Mayor, for research or educat…

(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or whose death is imminent for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal: (1) A law enfo…

(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 individual shall allow examination and copyi…

(a) When a hospital or hospice refers an individual who is dead or whose death is imminent to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geograp…

Each hospital in the District of Columbia shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person that, for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation, therapy, research, education, or any other purpose, if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur…

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 commits a felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,00…

(a) A person that acts in accordance with this subchapter or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding. (b) Neither the person makin…

(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (1) This subchapter; (2) The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or (3) The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a n…

There is established a donor registry for residents of the District of Columbia, which shall be maintained by the federally designated organ procurement organization serving the District of Columbia.

Unless otherwise authorized by District of Columbia or federal law, information in the Registry shall be accessible only to: (1) The organ procurement organization serving the District of Columbia; and (2) An agency licensed in or authorized by the laws of another state, when a D…

(a) The organ procurement organization: (1) May acquire and use donor information from all available sources; and (2) Shall acquire and use donor information from the Department of Motor Vehicles submitted in accordance with § 7-1531.19c and with any regulations promulgated pursu…

(a) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall transfer to the designated organ procurement organization the name, gender, date of birth, and most recent address of any person who obtains a driver’s license or identification card and who has made or revoked an anatomical gift. (b)(1)…

(a) If a donor amends an anatomical gift, or revokes one or more, but not all, anatomical gifts, the Registry shall be promptly revised to reflect the gift or gifts as amended. (b) If a donor revokes all anatomical gifts, the name of the former donor shall be promptly removed fro…

A person shall not be required to be listed in the Registry to be a donor.

The Mayor may issue rules necessary to implement the provisions of §§ 7-1531.19 through 7-1531.19e.

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1) “Advance health-care directive” means a power of attorney for health care or a record signed or authorized by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor’s direction concerning a health-care decision for the prospective…

(a) The Chief Medical Examiner and Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. The Office of the Chief Medical Exam…

(a)(1) The relationship between the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and a procurement organization shall be governed by a memorandum of understanding between the Chief Medical Examiner and the procurement organization, which shall contain protocols to resolve any conflicts b…

In applying and construing this subchapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

(a) Whenever a patient of a hospital or hospice dies, is determined to be a suitable candidate for organ or tissue donation, and has not made an anatomical gift by will or document of gift, a representative of the hospital or hospice shall, in accordance with § 7-1531.08, request…

(a) If a person authorized by § 7-1531.08 to consent to an anatomical gift of all or part of the decedent’s body is not reasonably available for a representative of a hospital to make the request required by § 7-1531.24, the hospital may use organ preservation equipment and techn…

(a) Whenever a request for consent is made pursuant to § 7-1531.24, the hospital or hospice representative making the request shall complete a certificate of request for an anatomical gift on a form to be supplied by the Mayor. The certificate shall include the following: (1) A s…

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.], shall issue all rules necessary to carry out the purposes of § 7-1531.24 and § 7-1531.26. These rules shall include, at a minimum: (1) Standards for the training and qualification of those hospital and…

This subchapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, approved June 30, 2000 (114 Stat. 467; 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.), but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(a) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7001 ), or authorize …

Because of the rapid medical progress in the field of tissue preservation, tissue transplantation, and tissue culture, and because it is in the public interest to aid the development of this field of medicine, it is the policy and purpose of Congress in enacting this subchapter a…

For the purposes of this subchapter and §§ 43-119 and 43-125, except where the context indicates a different meaning: (1) Repealed. (2) Repealed. (3) Repealed. (4) “Tissue bank” means a facility for the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue …

(a) No person shall operate any tissue bank in the District of Columbia without a valid license issued pursuant to this subchapter and §§ 43-119 and 43-125. No such license shall be issued except to persons duly licensed or duly registered as physicians under Chapter 12 of Title …

(a) Any person violating any provision of this subchapter and the amendments to §§ 43-119 and 43-125, or any regulation made pursuant to this subchapter and the amendments to §§ 43-119 and 43-125, shall be fined not more than $300, or be imprisoned for not more than 90 days. Pros…

An organ procurement organization may screen, test, or recover eyes or tissues on behalf of an eye bank or tissue bank.

Nothing in this subchapter and §§ 43-119 and 43-125 shall be construed: (1) To prohibit funeral directors, licensed pursuant to §§ 3-405 and 3-406, from discharging their duties; or (2) To prohibit or affect in any way the authority, duties, rights, or obligations vested, imposed…

Nothing in this subchapter and §§ 43-119 and 43-125 shall be construed so as to affect the authority vested in the Mayor by Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1952. The performance of any function vested by this subchapter and §§ 43-119 and 43-125 in the Mayor or in any office or agenc…

(a) Any blood bank in the District of Columbia, holding an unsuspended and unrevoked license issued under § 262 of Title 42, United States Code, may transfer, for use in the District of Columbia, platelets and other components of blood in general use in the states (as determined …

Provided that the minor meets all the health requirements for blood donation, a minor 16 years of age may donate blood with the written consent of a parent or legal guardian and a minor 17 years of age or more may donate blood without consent of a parent or legal guardian.

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.], shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter.