C.R.S. Section 15-19-202
Definitions


In this part 2:

(1)

“Adult” means an individual who is at least eighteen years of age.

(2)

“Agent” means an individual:

(A)

Authorized to make health-care decisions on the principal’s behalf by a power of attorney for health care; or

(B)

Expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal’s behalf by any other record signed by the principal.

(3)

“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.

(4)

“Decedent” means a deceased individual whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this part 2, a fetus.

(5)

“Disinterested witness” means a witness other than the spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandchild, grandparent, or guardian of the individual who makes, amends, revokes, or refuses to make an anatomical gift, or another adult who exhibited special care and concern for the individual. The term does not include a person to which an anatomical gift could pass under section 15-19-211.

(6)

“Document of gift” means a donor card or other record used to make an anatomical gift. The term includes a statement or symbol on a driver’s license, identification card, or donor registry.

(7)

“Donor” means an individual whose body or part is the subject of an anatomical gift.

(8)

“Donor registry” means a database that contains records of anatomical gifts and amendments to or revocations of anatomical gifts.

(9)

“Driver’s license” means a license or permit issued by the department of revenue to operate a vehicle, whether or not conditions are attached to the license or permit.

(10)

“Eye bank” means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of human eyes or portions of human eyes.

(11)

“Guardian” means a person appointed by a court to make decisions regarding the support, care, education, health, or welfare of an individual. The term does not include a guardian ad litem.

(12)

“Hospital” means a facility licensed as a hospital under the law of any state or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States, a state, or a subdivision of a state.

(13)

“Identification card” means an identification card issued by the department of revenue or the department’s agent.

(14)

“Know” means to have actual knowledge.

(15)

“Minor” means an individual who is under eighteen years of age.

(16)

“Organ procurement organization” means a person designated by the secretary of the United States department of health and human services as an organ procurement organization.

(17)

“Parent” means a parent whose parental rights have not been terminated.

(18)

“Part” means an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human being. The term does not include the whole body.

(19)

“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.

(20)

“Physician” means an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy under the law of any state.

(21)

“Procurement organization” means an eye bank, organ procurement organization, or tissue bank.

(22)

“Prospective donor” means an individual who is dead or near death and has been determined by a procurement organization to have a part that could be medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education. The term does not include an individual who has made a refusal.

(23)

“Reasonably available” means able to be contacted by a procurement organization without undue effort and willing and able to act in a timely manner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary for the making of an anatomical gift.

(24)

“Recipient” means an individual into whose body a decedent’s part has been or is intended to be transplanted.

(25)

“Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(26)

“Refusal” means a record created under section 15-19-207 that expressly states an intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of an individual’s body or part.

(27)

“Sign” means, with the present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:

(A)

To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or

(B)

To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process.

(28)

“State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(29)

“Technician” means an individual determined to be qualified to remove or process parts by an appropriate organization that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law. The term includes an enucleator.

(30)

“Tissue” means a portion of the human body other than an organ or an eye. The term does not include blood unless the blood is donated for the purpose of research or education.

(31)

“Tissue bank” means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue.

(32)

“Transplant hospital” means a hospital that furnishes organ transplants and other medical and surgical specialty services required for the care of transplant patients.

Source: Section 15-19-202 — Definitions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-15.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

15‑19‑101
Short title
15‑19‑102
Legislative declaration - construction
15‑19‑103
Definitions
15‑19‑104
Declaration of disposition of last remains
15‑19‑105
Reliance - declarations
15‑19‑106
Right of final disposition
15‑19‑106.5
Disposition of abandoned cremated remains of veterans - liability - applicability - definitions
15‑19‑107
Declaration of disposition of last remains
15‑19‑108
Interstate effect of declaration
15‑19‑109
Effect of criminal charges
15‑19‑110
Natural reduction
15‑19‑201
Short title
15‑19‑202
Definitions
15‑19‑203
Applicability
15‑19‑204
Who may make anatomical gift before donor’s death
15‑19‑205
Manner of making anatomical gift before donor’s death
15‑19‑206
Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor’s death
15‑19‑207
Refusal to make anatomical gift - effect of refusal
15‑19‑208
Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
15‑19‑209
Who may make anatomical gift of decedent’s body or part
15‑19‑210
Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent’s body or part
15‑19‑211
Persons that may receive anatomical gift - purpose of anatomical gift
15‑19‑212
Search and notification
15‑19‑213
Delivery of document of gift not required - right to examine
15‑19‑214
Rights and duties of procurement organization and others
15‑19‑215
Coordination of procurement and use
15‑19‑216
Sale or purchase of parts prohibited
15‑19‑217
Other prohibited acts
15‑19‑218
Immunity
15‑19‑219
Law governing validity - choice of law as to execution of document of gift - presumption of validity
15‑19‑220
Donor registry
15‑19‑221
Effect of anatomical gift on advance health-care directive - definitions
15‑19‑222
Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization
15‑19‑223
Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of coroner
15‑19‑224
Uniformity of application and construction
15‑19‑225
Relation to “Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act”
15‑19‑301
Board for distribution of unclaimed human bodies - rules
15‑19‑302
Duty of public officers as to unclaimed bodies
15‑19‑303
Claiming of body - publication of notice
15‑19‑304
Disposition of all or any portion of body after death - nonliability
15‑19‑305
Unlawful to hold autopsy
15‑19‑306
Holding of body for twenty days
15‑19‑307
Disposition of remains
15‑19‑308
Expense to be borne by institutions
15‑19‑309
Penalty
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 15-19-202’s source at colorado​.gov