Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 641 - Public Health Department
Chapter 122 - Anatomical Gift Public Awareness and Transplantation Fund
Rule 641-122.2 - Definitions

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

"Anatomical gift" means a human organ donated by a living or deceased person for the purpose of transplantation.

"Caretaker " means a person who provides care, protection, or services to a transplant recipient or living organ donor.

"Department" means the Iowa department of public health.

"Donor" means an individual whose body or body part is the subject of an anatomical gift.

"Human organ " means an eye, heart, lung, liver, pancreas, kidney, cornea, bone, tendon, heart valve, blood vessel, vein, or skin.

"Recipient" means the person receiving a human organ via transplant surgery.

"Resident" means a natural person who physically resides in Iowa as the person's principal and primary residence and who establishes evidence of such residency by providing the department with one of the following:

1. A valid Iowa driver's license,

2. A valid Iowa nonoperator's identification card,

3. A valid Iowa voter registration card,

4. A current Iowa vehicle registration certificate,

5. A utility bill,

6. A statement from a financial institution,

7. A residential lease agreement,

8. A check or pay stub from an employer,

9. A child's school or child care enrollment documents,

10. Valid documentation establishing a filing for homestead or military tax exemption on property located in Iowa, or

11. Other valid documentation as deemed acceptable by the department to establish residency.

"Transplantation " means surgically moving a human organ from an organ donor to a recipient.

"Transplant social worker " means the hospital social worker assisting the organ donor or recipient.