South Dakota Codified Laws 34-26-47. Hospital protocol for identifying potential organ donors
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A hospital shall establish written protocols for the identification of potential human organ, eye, and tissue donors that:
(1) Assure that families of potential donors are made aware of the option of organ, eye, and tissue donation and their option to decline;
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(2) Encourage discretion and sensitivity with respect to the circumstances, views, and beliefs of such families;
(3) Require that an organ procurement agency designated by the United States secretary of health and human services be notified of potential organ donors; and
(4) Require that an eye and tissue organization designated by the hospital be notified of potential eye and tissue donors.
Source: SL 1992, ch 249, § 1; SL 1995, ch 197, § 5.