2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions And Occupations
Article 140. Nontransplant Tissue Banks
Section 12-140-105. Standards of practice.
(1) A nontransplant tissue bank shall:
Handle human remains in a safe and sanitary manner;
Be equipped with instruments and supplies necessary to protect the health and safetyof the public and employees of the nontransplant tissue bank; and
Affix identification to all human remains delivered to the nontransplant tissue bankand provide tracking paperwork to match the identification.
A nontransplant tissue bank shall not commingle unidentified or unharvested humanremains prior to transfer to a crematory or funeral establishment, as those terms are defined in section 12-135-103 (8) and (16), respectively.
An incinerator that is used for the disposal of human remains and that is operated bya registered nontransplant tissue bank need not be registered under part 3 of article 135 of this title 12. The incinerator may commingle tissue from medical or educational research from multiple decedents.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 965, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-54.5-104 as it existed prior to 2019.
