Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 505 - Anatomical Gifts
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 310:505-1-3 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Act" means the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act [63 O.S. Supp. 1999, §2201 et. seq.]
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health.
"Department" means the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
"Designated anatomical gift representatives" means either organ procurement representatives, designated requestors, appropriately trained tissue bank employees when requesting consent for donation of bone, skin, or connective tissue, or appropriately trained eye bank employees when requesting consent for donation of whole eyes, corneas, or other parts of eyes.
"Designated requestor" means an individual designated in writing by the hospital, who has completed a course offered or approved by a designated and qualified Organ Procurement Organization (OPO)or who has equivalent training and experience. Such courses shall be designed in conjunction with the tissue and eye bank community in the methods for approaching potential donor families and requesting organ, tissue, or eye donation.
"Existing eye bank" means any eye bank in Oklahoma which was operating on November 1, 1997 and has been in continuous operation since that date.
"Existing tissue bank" means any tissue bank in Oklahoma which was operating on November 1, 1999 and has been in continuous operation since that date.
"Eye bank" means a person, corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity established, operated, or maintained for the procurement, storage, and/or distribution of whole eyes, corneas, or other parts of eyes.
"General medical surgical hospital"means a hospital maintained for the purpose of providing hospital care in a broad category of illness and injury. {63 O.S. Supp. 1999, § 1-701}
"New eye bank" means any eye bank in Oklahoma which was not in operation on November 1, 1997.
"New tissue bank" means any tissue bank in Oklahoma which was not in operation on November 1, 1999.
"Organ procurement representative" means an individual who has been appropriately trained and is employed by a qualified organ procurement organization designated by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to perform or coordinatethe surgical recovery, preservation, and transportation of organs and that allocates organs to prospective recipients{63 O.S. Supp. 1999, § 2202(9)} for a particular service area.
"Tissue bank" means a person, corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity established, operated, or maintained for the procurement, storage, and/or distribution of bone, skin, or connective tissue.
Added at 18 Ok Reg 1711, eff 5-25-01
