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03 LC 30 0493/AP
House Bill 54 (AS PASSED HOUSE
AND SENATE)
By: Representative Childers of the 13th, Post 1
By: Representative Childers of the 13th, Post 1
A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To amend Chapter 23 of Title 31 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to eye banks, so as to change the provisions
regarding who may operate eye banks; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 23 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to eye banks, is amended by striking Code Section 31-23-3,
relating to who may operate eye banks, and inserting in its place the
following:
"31-23-3.
Anynonprofit facility, hospital, or any medical school in
conjunction with the department or school of ophthalmology of such medical
school, alone or in further conjunction with other charitable organizations, may
establish and maintain an eye bank in, under, or in affiliation with such
hospital or medical school upon approval for the establishment of the eye bank
by the Department of Human Resources, if the eye bank meets the medical
standards approved by the Eye Bank Association of America and such facility,
hospital, or medical school is a nonprofit organization and is not a subsidiary
of a for profit corporation or business entity. Upon the establishment of
any eye bank as authorized in this Code section, the extraction, removal, care,
preservation, storage, and use of human eyes or parts thereof for any of the
purposes for which eye banks may be established may begin in such facility or as
authorized by such facility. The eye bank shall have the right to receive
gifts, donations, and bequests for the purposes stated in this Code
section."
"31-23-3.
Any
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.