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2019 District of Columbia Code
Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety.
Chapter 15 - Anatomical Parts.
Subchapter III - Human Tissue Banks.
§ 7–1541.01. Statement of policy and purpose.
Universal Citation: DC Code § 7–1541.01 (2019)
Because of the rapid medical progress in the field of tissue preservation, tissue transplantation, and tissue culture, and because it is in the public interest to aid the development of this field of medicine, it is the policy and purpose of Congress in enacting this subchapter and the amendments to §§ 43-119 and 43-125 to encourage and aid the development of reconstructive medicine and surgery and the development of medico-surgical research by providing for the licensing and regulation of tissue banks, and by facilitating antemortem and postmortem authorizations for donations of tissue.
(Sept. 10, 1962, 76 Stat. 534, Pub. L. 87-656, § 2.)
Prior Codifications1981 Ed., § 2-1601.
1973 Ed., § 2-251.
Section ReferencesThis section is referenced in § 7-1531.01 and § 43-125.
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