Missouri Laws 194.321 – Recipients and donors, COVID-19 vaccination status not to be considered, ..
1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
(1) “COVID-19 vaccination status”, an indication of whether a person has received a vaccination against COVID-19;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 194.321
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Hospital”, the same meaning given to the term in section 197.020;
(3) “Procurement organization”, the same meaning given to the term in section 194.210.
2. Except if the organ being transplanted is a lung, no hospital, physician, procurement organization, or other person shall consider the COVID-19 vaccination status of a potential organ transplant recipient or potential organ donor in any part of the organ transplant process including, but not limited to:
(1) The referral of a patient to be considered for a transplant;
(2) The evaluation of a patient for a transplant;
(3) The consideration of a patient for placement on a waiting list;
(4) A patient’s particular position on a waiting list; and
(5) The evaluation of a potential donor to determine his or her suitability as an organ donor.