Code of Massachusetts Regulations
505 CMR - OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
Title 505 CMR 3.00 - Storage And Disposal Of Biological Material
Section 3.02 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 505 MA Code of Regs 505.3
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

Biological Material: a specimen containing tissue, either in fluid or non-fluid form, extracted from a body in the possession of the Office. Biological material includes, but is not limited to, blood and tissue.

Blood: the fluid tissue circulating through the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins, carrying nutriment and oxygen to body cells. A blood sample may consist of the liquid portion, the cellular elements, or both.

Extract: to remove from the body.

Fluid: any liquid of the body.

Office: the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Sample: a representative portion of an organ or body part.

Tissue: a group of similarly specialized cells, in fluid or non-fluid form, including but not limited to whole organs and representative samples thereof stored as small samples within a stock bottle containing formalin.

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