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Section 44-43-10. Applicability of implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. - The implied warranties of merchantability and fitness are not applicable...
Section 44-43-20. Age restrictions for blood donors; parental permission. - (A) A person may lawfully donate blood if he is:...
Section 44-43-30. Donor gift forms and accompanying information. - Whenever a person applies for the issuance, reissuance, or renewal...
Section 44-43-40. Notification of donation on driver's license. - Donations and gifts of all or part of a person's...
Section 44-43-50. Immunity. - The Department of Motor Vehicles, its officers, and employees are...
Section 44-43-60. Citation of article. - This article may be cited as the Bone Marrow Donor...
Section 44-43-70. Bone marrow donor programs established; purpose; dissemination of information; recruitment of donors. - (A) Bone marrow donor programs are established within the Medical...
Section 44-43-80. Paid leaves of absence to employees to donate bone marrow. - (A) An employer may grant paid leaves of absence to...
Section 44-43-300. Citation of article. - This article may be cited as the "Revised Uniform Anatomical...
Section 44-43-305. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Adult" means an individual...
Section 44-43-310. Applicability of article. - This article applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to,...
Section 44-43-315. Parties authorized to make anatomical gifts. - Subject to Section 44-43-335, an anatomical gift of a donor's...
Section 44-43-320. Methods of making anatomical gifts. - (A) A donor may make an anatomical gift: (1) by...
Section 44-43-325. Amendment or revocation of anatomical gift. - (A) Subject to Section 44-43-335, a donor or other person...
Section 44-43-330. Refusal to make anatomical gift; documentation. - (A) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift...
Section 44-43-335. Amendment or revocation by person other than donor of anatomical gift made by donor. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (G) and subject...
Section 44-43-340. Parties authorized to make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part. - (A) Subject to subsections (B) and (C) and unless barred...
Section 44-43-345. Gift of decedent's body or part; documentation; revocation. - (A) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under...
Section 44-43-350. Authorized recipients of anatomical gifts. - (A) An anatomical gift may be made to the following...
Section 44-43-355. Duty to send document of gift or refusal to hospital; sanctions. - (A) A person who finds or is in possession of...
Section 44-43-360. Delivery of document of gift upon or after individual's death; examination and copying. - (A) A document of gift need not be delivered during...
Section 44-43-365. Search of South Carolina Organ and Tissue Donor Registry; examination to ensure medical suitability of part; minor donors; removal of part. - (A) When a hospital refers an individual at or near...
Section 44-43-370. Agreements or affiliations between hospitals and procurement organizations. - Each hospital in this State shall enter into agreements or...
Section 44-43-375. Purchase or sale of part to be removed after individual's death; penalty; exception. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (B), a person...
Section 44-43-380. Falsification of document of gift or refusal for financial gain; penalty. - A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain,...
Section 44-43-385. Immunity. - (A) A person that acts in good faith in accord...
Section 44-43-390. Validity and interpretation of document of gift; presumption of validity. - (A) A document of gift is valid if executed in...
Section 44-43-395. Resolution of conflict between anatomical gift and declaration or advance health care directive. - (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Advance health care...
Section 44-43-400. Body under jurisdiction of coroner; cooperation between coroner and procurement organization. - (A) A coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize...
Section 44-43-405. Anatomical gifts from bodies under jurisdiction of coroner. - (A) Upon request of a procurement organization, a coroner shall...
Section 44-43-410. Construction of article. - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
Section 44-43-415. Modification of Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. - This article modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in...
Section 44-43-450. Short title. - This act may be cited as the Uniform Determination of...
Section 44-43-460. When individual is deemed to be dead; standards applicable to determination. - An individual who has sustained irreversible cessation of circulatory and...
Section 44-43-510. Board for distribution and delivery of dead human bodies; composition. - The faculty members of the departments of anatomy and surgery...
Section 44-43-520. Adoption of rules and regulations; records. - The board may adopt rules and promulgate regulations for its...
Section 44-43-530. Dead bodies available to board; notification of availability. - Each officer, agent, and servant of every city in the...
Section 44-43-540. Dead bodies not available to board. - Notice is not required to be given and a body...
Section 44-43-550. Distribution of bodies. - The bodies received must be distributed by the board to...
Section 44-43-560. Conveyance of bodies. - The board may employ a carrier or carriers for conveyance...
Section 44-43-580. Trafficking in dead bodies; penalty; authorization to traffic in anatomical material and pathological specimens. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to sell or...
Section 44-43-590. Penalties. - If a person fails or refuses to perform any duty...
Section 44-43-710. Consent; who may give consent. - A pathologist or a licensed physician or surgeon may conduct...
Section 44-43-720. Consent required for certain autopsies and postmortem examinations; use of body parts restricted; form of consent. - (A) Except for an autopsy or postmortem examination ordered by...
Section 44-43-730. Right to have autopsy performed when patient dies in a hospital or health care facility. - If a patient dies in a hospital or a health...
Section 44-43-910. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Hospital" means a hospital...
Section 44-43-920. Organ and tissue donor policies and continuing education. - A hospital shall establish policies on organ and tissue donation,...
Section 44-43-930. Notification of organ procurement organization. - When death is imminent or has occurred, the hospital shall...
Section 44-43-940. Collaboration in support of donation process. - All relevant hospital administration and staff shall collaborate with the...
Section 44-43-945. Determination of appropriateness of donation; contacting person authorized to give consent. - (A) If upon referral of a potential organ or tissue...
Section 44-43-950. Consent. - As provided in Section 44-43-340, persons in the stated order...
Section 44-43-960. Permission of, or referral by, medical examiner or coroner. - If a death is under the jurisdiction of the coroner...
Section 44-43-970. Exclusive agency for receipt of referrals and donations. - (A) LifePoint, Inc. within the territory designated pursuant to federal...
Section 44-43-985. Fees. - The organ and tissue procurement organization may not assess a...
Section 44-43-1000. Documentation required in medical records of patients identified as potential donors. - The following must be documented in the medical records of...
Section 44-43-1010. Costs pertaining to donation paid by procurement agency. - All hospital and physician charges following declaration of death that...
Section 44-43-1015. Death record reviews. - Each hospital shall work collaboratively with the organ and tissue...
Section 44-43-1310. Donate life South Carolina established; purpose. - There is established Donate Life South Carolina, an eleemosynary corporation,...
Section 44-43-1320. Administration; board of directors. - (A) Donate Life South Carolina is to be administered by...
Section 44-43-1330. Reimbursement of expenses of board numbers. - Board members are not entitled to per diem but may...
Section 44-43-1340. Authority of trust fund board; particular powers. - In administering this article, the board is authorized, but not...
Section 44-43-1350. Election of chairman; adoption of rules; meetings; quorum. - The board shall elect a chairman from among its members...
Section 44-43-1360. Administration of article. - The board may employ a director and other staff as...
Section 44-43-1370. Uses of resources. - Funds credited to Donate Life South Carolina, excluding the administrative...
Section 44-43-1380. Annual report of board to General Assembly. - Donate Life South Carolina board annually by February first shall...
Section 44-43-1410. Donor registry established; membership; terms. - (A) There is established the South Carolina Organ and Tissue...
Section 44-43-1420. Development of procedures for obtaining donor registrants. - Donate Life South Carolina shall develop procedures for collecting organ...
Section 44-43-1430. Registrant information. - Donate Life South Carolina shall maintain and update the following...
Section 44-43-1440. Contents of procedures for administration of donor registry. - In developing procedures for the administration of the donor registry,...
Section 44-43-1450. Confidentiality. - All information contained in the registry is confidential and only...
Section 44-43-1510. Legislative findings. - (A) The General Assembly finds that: (1) A mental or...
Section 44-43-1520. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Anatomical gift" means a...
Section 44-43-1530. Individuals with disabilities; organ transplant process; requirements and prohibited conduct for covered entities. - (A) The provisions of this section apply to all stages...
Section 44-43-1540. Remedies for violations of this article. - (A) Whenever it appears that a covered entity has violated...