As used in this article:

1. (1) "Hospital" means a hospital licensed, accredited, or approved under the laws of this State and includes a hospital operated by the United States or the State or its subdivisions, although not required to be licensed under state law.
2. (2) "Potential organ or tissue donor" means a person who has died or is dying.
3. (3) "Organ and Tissue Procurement Organization" means the organ procurement organization designated to perform organ recovery services in South Carolina by the United States Department of Health and Human Services which also has the capability to procure tissue.

HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 29, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 289, Section 8; 2006 Act No. 334, Section 1, eff June 2, 2006; 2009 Act No. 4, Section 3, eff May 6, 2009.

Effect of Amendment

The 2006 amendment, in item (3), added "or tissue" to the term being defined and added the clause at the end of the sentence starting with "or any tissue, including"; deleted item (4) defining "Potential tissue donor"; and redesignated item (5) as item (4) and rewrote it.

The 2009 amendment deleted item (1) defining brain death; redesignated items (2) to (4) as items (1) to (3); and at the end of item (2) defining potential organ or tissue donor, deleted "in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable medical belief that the person will meet the medical criteria for donation of at least one organ including, but not limited to, the heart, lung, liver, pancreas, and kidneys or any tissue including, but not limited to, heart valves, eyes, bone, cartilage, skin, ligaments, tendons, and fascia".