1993 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 13 DECEDENTS' ESTATES, GUARDIANSHIPS AND TRUSTS
Chapter 13.50 UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT
Section 13.50.070 DEFINITIONS.
In this chapter
(1) "bank or storage facility" means a facility licensed, accredited, or approved under the laws of any state for storage of human bodies or parts of them;
(2) "decedent" means a deceased individual, stillborn infant, or fetus;
(3) "donor" means an individual who makes a gift of all or a part of the individual's body;
(4) "gift" means an anatomical gift of all or part of a person's body;
(5) "hospital" means a hospital licensed, accredited, or approved under the laws of any state; or a hospital operated by the United States government, or a subdivision thereof, although not required to be licensed under state laws;
(6) "part" means organs, tissues, eyes, bones, arteries, blood, other fluids and any other portions of a human body;
(7) "physician" or "surgeon" means a physician or surgeon licensed or authorized to practice under the laws of any state;
(8) "state" includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession, and any other area subject to the legislative authority of the United States.
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