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  1. It shall be unlawful:
    1. For any person to sell either his eyes or any parts thereof or the eyes or any parts thereof of another person or to receive any remuneration for the giving of a human eye or any part thereof;
    2. For the person or persons operating and maintaining any eye bank to sell any donated eye or donated part thereof or knowingly to extract, remove, or take possession of any human eye or part thereof for which any person received compensation or remuneration; or
    3. For any person or persons to establish or operate any eye bank without approval of the department or otherwise not in accordance with this chapter.
  2. Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ga. L. 1961, p. 582, § 9; Code 1933, § 88-2009, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1499, § 5.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Dead Bodies, §§ 38, 42, 81, 92.

C.J.S.

- 25A C.J.S., Dead Bodies, § 67 et seq.

CHAPTER 24 BLOOD LABELING

Sec.

  • 31-24-1. Short title.
  • 31-24-2. Definitions.
  • 31-24-3. Requirement of qualification of blood donors.
  • 31-24-4. Labeling of containers of blood.
  • 31-24-5. Transfusion of unlabeled blood; identification of blood administered by transfusion.
  • 31-24-6. Transfer of blood and blood components for industrial use.
  • 31-24-7. Administration of chapter.
  • 31-24-8. Penalty.
Cross references.

- Inapplicability of implied warranties to injection, transfusion, or other transfer of blood, blood plasma, or transplanting of tissue, bones, or organs, §§ 11-2-316,51-1-28.

Methods for selection of blood donors and collection of blood, § 31-22-5.

Administrative Rules and Regulations.

- Blood labeling, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility Regulation, Subject 111-8-9.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Transfusion-Associated AIDS Litigation, 58 Am. Jur. Trials 1.


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