Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 5250x
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 5250x
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Anatomical gift: means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Donor: means an individual whose body or part is the subject of an anatomical gift. See
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See
- Tissue: means a portion of the human body other than an organ or an eye. See
§ 5250x. Honoring donor intent
A person‘s decision to make a donation of that person’s own organ or tissue after death shall be honored. In the absence of a revocation or amendment of an anatomical gift, health care providers and procurement organizations shall act in accordance with the donor‘s decision and may take appropriate actions to effect the anatomical gift. (Added 2009, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)