(1) A medical examiner and procurement organization shall cooperate with each other in order to maximize opportunities to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.
(2) The Florida Medical Examiners Commission shall adopt rules establishing cooperative responsibilities between medical examiners and procurement organizations to facilitate and expedite completion of the medical examiner’s responsibilities under chapter 406 in a manner that will maximize opportunities to recover anatomical gifts.
(3) This part does not supersede any part of chapter 406 relating to medical examiners and the disposition of dead bodies.
History.—s. 18, ch. 2009-218.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 765 - Health Care Advance Directives
Part V - Anatomical Gifts (Ss. 765.510-765.547)
765.510 - Legislative declaration.
765.512 - Persons who may make an anatomical gift.
765.513 - Donees; purposes for which anatomical gifts may be made.
765.514 - Manner of making anatomical gifts.
765.515 - Delivery of donor document.
765.5155 - Donor registry; education program.
765.51551 - Donor registry; public records exemption.
765.516 - Donor amendment or revocation of anatomical gift.
765.517 - Rights and duties at death.
765.5185 - Corneal removal by medical examiners.
765.519 - Enucleation of eyes by licensed funeral directors.
765.521 - Donations as part of driver license or identification card process.
765.523 - Discrimination in access to anatomical gifts and organ transplants prohibited.
765.541 - Certification of procurement organizations; agency responsibilities.
765.542 - Requirements to engage in organ, tissue, or eye procurement.
765.543 - Organ and Tissue Procurement and Transplantation Advisory Board; creation; duties.
765.544 - Fees; organ and tissue donor education and procurement.
765.545 - Physician supervision of cadaveric organ and tissue procurement coordinators.
765.546 - Procurement of cadaveric organs for transplant by out-of-state physicians.
765.547 - Cooperation between medical examiner and procurement organization.