New Jersey Statutes 26:6-72. Requirements for operating as an anatomical research recovery organization
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:6-72
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
a. A physician licensed in this State or the state in which the organization is incorporated shall serve as medical director, and shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with the provisions of this act, the hiring of qualified personnel, and the maintenance of records required under this act.
b. The organization shall be a federally tax-exempt nonprofit corporation.
c. The organization shall create, compile, or maintain a complete record on each donor from which it recovers a human body or part for educational or research purposes or the advancement of medical, dental or mortuary science, which shall include, at a minimum:
(1) documentation that the donor has designated the anatomical gift for educational or research purposes or for the advancement of medical, dental, or mortuary science, as specified in section 3 of P.L.1969, c.161 (C. 26:6-59) or any subsequent statute adopted pursuant thereto. The documentation may be in the form of a signed document of gift, or verifiable documentation that taped telephonic consent has been obtained;
(2) documentation of the identity and address of each entity which has been in possession of the human body or part prior to the organization, such as a funeral home, coroner, hospital, organ procurement organization, or tissue bank; and
(3) documentation of the use and disposition of each human body or part, including the name and address of each person who receives a human body or part directly from the organization.
L.2008, c.49, s.5.