Title 7 — Human Health Care and Safety.

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Should any provision of this chapter be declared to be unconstitutional or beyond the statutory authority of the Council, the remaining provisions of this chapter shall remain in effect.

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such District funds as may be necessary and available to implement the provisions of this chapter, including funds for the development, and the support, of community-based services for persons with intellectual disabilities.

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.

Nothing herein shall be construed to extend or diminish the authority or responsibility of the D.C. Board of Education vested pursuant to Title 38 of the District of Columbia Official Code and applicable federal laws and regulations.

This chapter shall take effect pursuant to the provisions of § 1-206.02(c)(1). With respect to persons who are residents in facilities on the effective date of this chapter, the provisions of the chapter will take effect immediately, with the exception of the admission and commit…

(a) There is established within the Department of Health Care Finance a Health Care Safety Net Administration to administer and monitor compliance with any contract that the Mayor makes, pursuant to § 7-1405, or that the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility Management As…

(a) The functions, real and personal property, personnel, unexpended balances of appropriations, and records of the Public Benefit Corporation shall be transferred to the Department of Health. (b) Any monies remaining in the Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation Fund af…

All liabilities of the Public Benefit Corporation shall be assumed by the District of Columbia.

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(a) The Mayor is authorized to provide by contract or by other means comprehensive community-centered health care and medical services for residents of the District of Columbia. (b) A contract entered into by the Mayor pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be exempt fr…

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 30-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. …

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “human body parts” means any portion of a living human body, including, but not limited to, organs, tissues, eyes, bones, veins, and arteries, except that the term shall not mean hair and blood. (b) It is unlawful for any person i…

(a) Any person violating any provision of this subchapter or any regulation made pursuant to this subchapter shall be fined not more than $5,000, or be imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both. (b) Prosecution for violations of this subchapter and regulations made pursuant …

The Mayor may issue rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2.

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For the purposes of this subchapter and, unless specifically provided otherwise, subchapter III of this chapter [§ 7-1541.01 et seq.], and §§ 43-119 and 43-125, the term: (1) “Adult” means an individual who is at least 18 years of age. (2) “Agent” means an individual: (A) Authori…

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…