2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-4801 — Terms, defined.

Section 71-4801
Terms, defined.

For purposes of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(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 thereof;

(2) Decedent means a deceased individual and includes a stillborn infant or fetus;

(3) Donor means an individual who makes a gift of all or part of his or her body;

(4) Hospital means a hospital licensed, accredited, or approved under the laws of any state and includes a hospital operated by the United States Government, a state, or a subdivision thereof, although not required to be licensed under state laws;

(5) Part includes organs, tissues, eyes, bones, arteries, blood, other fluids, and other portions of a human body, and parts includes parts;

(6) Person means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or other legal entity;

(7) Physician or surgeon means a physician or surgeon licensed or authorized to practice under the laws of any state; and

(8) State includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession, and other area subject to the legislative authority of the United States of America.

Source:

Laws 1971, LB 799, § 1

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 439

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska