Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 130.000 - Hospital Licensure
Subpart C - SUPPLEMENTARY STANDARDS: IN GENERAL
Section 130.380 - Anatomical Donations

Universal Citation: 105 CMR 130.000 MA Code of Regs 130.380

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

In accordance with M.G.L. c. 113A and the terms defined therein, each hospital shall enter into agreements or affiliations with organ procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts. Each hospital shall make a reasonable search of an individual whom the hospital reasonably believes to be dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who has made a refusal. For the purposes of 105 CMR 130.380, an individual who has sustained either:

(1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions; or

(2) irreversible cessation of all functions including the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. Determination of death shall be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.

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