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FL S0536
Bill
AI Summary
- For-profit eye banks are prohibited from engaging, directly or indirectly, in the procurement of eyes, corneas, eye tissue, or corneal tissue for use in corneal transplantation
- Licensed hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers (under chapter 395), and district medical examiners (under chapter 406) are exempted from the for-profit eye bank procurement prohibition
- The prohibition is added to both the organ/tissue procurement requirements (s. 765.542) and the statute governing the purchase or sale of human organs and tissue (s. 873.01)
- Existing law prohibiting any person from knowingly purchasing, selling, or transferring human organs or tissue for valuable consideration, and prohibiting for-profit corporations from transferring human body parts for valuable consideration, is retained and reformatted
- The act has a proposed effective date of July 1, 2021
Legislative Description
Procurement of Human Organs and Tissue
Last Action
Died in Health Policy
4/30/2021
Committee Referrals
Health Policy1/21/2021
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