Montana Code Annotated
Part 2. Licensing
50-5-212. Organ procurement program required

50-5-212. Organ procurement program required. The administrator of a hospital licensed under this chapter shall as a condition of licensure under 50-5-201:
(1) establish a written protocol for the identification of potential organ donors that:
(a) ensures that families of potential organ donors are made aware of the option of organ or tissue donation and their option to decline;
(b) encourages discretion and sensitivity with respect to the circumstances, views, and beliefs of families of potential organ donors; and
(c) requires that a qualified organ procurement agency be notified of potential organ donors;
(2) designate and train a person or persons to represent the administrator for purposes of requesting an anatomical gift as provided in 72-17-213; and
(3) make known to the public that the hospital has an organ procurement program as described in subsection (1).
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 219, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 540, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1814, Ch. 56, L. 2009.

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