Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1504
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 29-2-16.1-22.
Synopsis: Determination of death. Provides that an anatomical gift
may be recovered only after a physician, in accordance with accepted
medical standards, has declared the prospective donor to be dead.
Provides that a physician's declaration that the prospective donor is
brain dead satisfies this requirement. Requires the state department of
health to adopt rules establishing criteria for the determination of when
a prospective anatomical gift donor is dead
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
Introduced
First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1504
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
probate.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 29-2-16.1-22; (11)IN1504.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 29-2-16.1-22 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]:
Sec. 22. (a) An anatomical gift may be
recovered only after a physician, in accordance with accepted
medical standards, has declared the prospective donor to be dead.
This subsection is satisfied by a declaration by a physician, in
accordance with accepted medical standards, that the prospective
donor is brain dead.
(b) The state department of health shall adopt rules under
IC 4-22-2 establishing criteria for the determination of when an
individual is dead, including by brain death, for the purposes of
this chapter.
(c) Before adopting rules under this section, the state
department of health shall review evidence based guidelines
prepared by medical organizations, including information from
any statewide medical association that represents Indiana
physicians.