Legal Aspects of Donation
In addition to federal regulations, state laws govern organ, tissue and eye donation. We provide a list of the Louisiana laws applicable to these remarkable gifts of life. For more information about the regulations under which we must operate, please see our Agencies Impacting Donation page as well as our Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) page.
- Definition of Death (LA RS 9:111)
- Users of Blood or Tissue (LA RS 9:2797)
- Definitions (LA RS 17:2351)
- Persons Who May Execute an Anatomical Gift (LA RS 17:2352)
- Information about Organ Donation for Hospital Patients (LA RS 17:2352.1)
- Persons Who May Become Donees (LA RS 17:2353)
- Manner of Executing Anatomical Gifts (LA RS 17:2354)
- Coroner's Consent for Eye Enucleation (LA RS 17:2354.1)
- Coroner's Consent for Kidney Removal (LA RS 17:2354.2)
- Coroner's Consent for Heart, Lungs, Liver, Soft Tissue, or Bone Removal (LA RS 17:2354.3)
- Duties of Hospital Administrator (LA RS 17:2354.4)
- Delivery of Document of Gift (LA RS 17:2355)
- Search for Document of Anatomical Gift (LA RS 17:2355.1)
- Revocation of the Gift (LA RS 17:2356)
- Rights and Duties at Death (LA RS 17:2357)
- Driver Education (LA RS 32:402.1)
- Duty to Hold Autopsies, Investigations, etc. (LA RS 33:1563)
- Delivery of Body (LA RS 33:1565)
- Blood and Tissue Storage Facilities (LA RS 40:1299.142)
- Administration of Blood, Tissue, Fluids to Patient (LA RS 40:1299.143)
