Bill Text: SC S0646 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Eyes and eye tissue

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-09 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs [S0646 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2021-S0646-Introduced.html


A BILL

TO AMEND ARTICLE 5, CHAPTER 43, TITLE 44 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT, BY ADDING SECTION 44-43-372, TO PROVIDE THAT A FOR-PROFIT ENTITY SHALL NOT ENGAGE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE PROCUREMENT, TRANSFER, OR DISTRIBUTION OF ANY HUMAN EYE, CORNEA, EYE TISSUE, CORNEAL TISSUE, OR PORTION OF AN EYE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Article 5, Chapter 43, Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 44-43-372.    A for-profit entity shall not engage, directly or indirectly, in the procurement, transfer, or distribution of any human eye, cornea, eye tissue, corneal tissue, or portion of an eye."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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