Title 7 — Human Health Care and Safety.

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…

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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…

Transferred Recodified as § 7-1551.01.

(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.

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For the purpose of this subchapter, the term: (1) “AIDS” means acquired immune deficiency syndrome or any AIDS-related condition. (2) “Council” means the Council of the District of Columbia. (3) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Health, established by Reorganizat…

(a) Within 6 months of December 30, 1985, the Mayor shall develop and present to the Council for its review and comment a comprehensive AIDS Health-Care Response Plan for the District of Columbia. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the development of short-term and lo…

(a) In preparing the comprehensive plan mandated in § 7-1602, the Mayor shall investigate the need for a residential health-care facility or facilities which shall provide a program of medical, nursing, counseling, palliative, social, recreational, and supportive services to AIDS…

(a) The Mayor shall establish, within the Department of Health, an AIDS Program Coordination Office. (b) The AIDS Program Coordination Office shall be supervised by the AIDS Program Coordination Officer who shall, at the direction of the Director of the Department of Health, be r…

Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this section, the Director shall use the records incident to a case of HIV infection or AIDS reported under this subchapter for statistical and public-health purposes only. Identifying information contained in these records shall be disclose…

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

The Council finds that: (1) Effi Slaughter Barry, a former First Lady of the District of Columbia, was among the first public figures in the District to focus attention on the growing health problem of HIV/AIDS; (2) Effi Slaughter Barry, a trained and experienced health professio…

The East of the River HIV/AIDS Capacity Building Initiative administered by the Department of Health shall be known as the Effi Slaughter Barry HIV/AIDS Initiative (“initiative”).

(a) The initiative shall provide technical and financial assistance to selected community HIV/AIDS service providers located east of the Anacostia river to support the: (1) Implementation or expansion of HIV/AIDS prevention and support programs; (2) Development of accurate perfor…

The Director of the Department of Health shall designate an initiative coordinator, who shall be an employee of the Department of Health and qualified by experience and training to administer the initiative.

(a) The Department of Health shall establish criteria for: (1) The selection of community HIV/AIDS service providers to participate in the initiative; and (2) Awarding grants to initiative participants, including a requirement that the fiduciary agent of any collaborative represe…

The Department of Health shall distribute capacity building grants to initiative participants in an amount not to exceed the funds available in the Effi Slaughter Barry Initiative Fund, as established by § 7-1617.

(a) There is established as a nonlapsing fund the Effi Slaughter Barry Initiative Fund (“Fund”), which shall be a segregated account within the General Fund of the District of Columbia and shall be used solely for the purpose of supporting the initiative. (b) The Fund shall be ad…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “AIDS” means acquired immune deficiency syndrome. (2) “Department” means the Department of Health. (3) “HIV” means the human immunodeficiency virus. (4) “Program” means the Senior HIV/AIDS Education and Outreach Program establish…

There is established within the Department the Senior HIV/AIDS Education and Outreach Program, which shall train seniors to provide information to other seniors on how to prevent the transmission of HIV and to engage in education and outreach on issues related to HIV and AIDS wit…

(a) The Department shall: (1) Administer the Program; (2) Recruit seniors to participate in the Program; (3) Determine the training curriculum; and (4) Schedule no fewer than 8 education or community-outreach events annually, which shall be led by seniors who have successfully co…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “CDC” means the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2) “HPV” means the human papillomavirus.

By January 1, 2008, the Mayor shall initiate a public information campaign, including multiple HPV vaccine education forums in each ward, aimed at educating the public on: (1) The connection between HPV and cervical cancer; (2) The importance of protecting oneself against HPV inf…

Within 30 days of the implementation of the HPV vaccination program, the Director of the Department of Health shall provide written certification to the Council that the vaccine is safe and efficacious.

(a) The Mayor shall: (1) By January 1, 2009, consistent with the standards set forth by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”), establish and implement a HPV vaccination program that includes a requirement that the Department of Health disseminate to all p…

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