As used in this article 140, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. (1) Designee means an individual designated by a nontransplant tissue bank registered in accordance with section 12-140-103.
2. (2) Human remains means all or any portion of the physical remains of a dead human who was born alive.

3. (3)

   1. (a) Nontransplant tissue bank means a person that, for any purpose other than transplantation into a living human being, and with the intent of further distribution, provides or engages in at least one of the following for the storage and distribution of human remains:

      1. (I) Recovery;
      2. (II) Collection;
      3. (III) Acquisition;
      4. (IV) Distribution;
      5. (V) Screening;
      6. (VI) Storage; or
      7. (VII) Arrangement.

   2. (b) Nontransplant tissue bank does not include:

      1. (I) An eye bank, an organ procurement organization, or a tissue bank, as those terms are defined in section 15-19-202 (10), (16), and (31), respectively;
      2. (II) A funeral establishment registered in accordance with section 12-135-110;
      3. (III) A crematory registered in accordance with section 12-135-303; or
      4. (IV) An approved medical college, as defined in section 12-240-104 (3), or similar educational institution that accepts human remains primarily for its own educational or research purposes.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 962, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2024: (3) amended, (HB 24-1254), ch. 241, p. 1595, § 8, effective August 7.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-54.5-101 as it existed prior to 2019.