Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1126 – Recording anatomical gift data
(a) All long-term care facilities shall, if possible, ascertain from a resident upon admission whether or not the resident has donated all or part of the resident’s own body as an anatomical gift in a manner permitted by § 2713 of this title and the person, institution, or organization to which such gift has been made.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1126
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, joint stock company, limited partnership, limited liability company, or any other legal entity, and includes a legal successor of those entities. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102
- Resident: means an individual, whether identified as a patient, guest, or other designation, residing and receiving services in a long-term care facility. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102
(b) All long-term care facilities, as required by regulation, shall maintain as part of a resident’s permanent record the information required under this section and such other pertinent information about said anatomical gift which will facilitate the carrying out of the resident’s wishes in the event of the resident’s death.
(c) Upon the death of a resident who has made an anatomical gift, long-term care facilities shall make every reasonable effort to contact without delay the person, institution, or organization to which such gift has been made.
63 Del. Laws, c. 238, § ?2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 81 Del. Laws, c. 206, § 29;