§ 12-140-102. Definitions

As used in this article 140, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Designee” means an individual designated by a nontransplant tissue bank registered in accordance with section 12-140-103.
2. “Human remains” means all or any portion of the physical remains of a dead human who was born alive.
3. 1. “Nontransplant tissue bank” means a person that, for any purpose other than transplantation into a living human being, recovers, transports, distributes, screens, stores, and arranges for the storage and distribution of human remains.
   2. “Nontransplant tissue bank” does not include:
      1. An eye bank, an organ procurement organization, or a tissue bank, as those terms are defined in section 15-19-202 (10), (16), and (31), respectively;
      2. A funeral establishment registered in accordance with section 12-135-110; or
      3. A crematory registered in accordance with section 12-135-303.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 962, § 1, effective October 1.

Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 12-54.5-101 as it existed prior to 2019.