Anatomical Donations

In accordance with M.G.L. c. 113A and the terms defined therein, each hospital shall enter into agreements or affiliations with organ procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts. Each hospital shall make a reasonable search of an individual whom the hospital reasonably believes to be dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who has made a refusal. For the purposes of 105 CMR 130.380, an individual who has sustained either: (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions; or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions including the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. Determination of death shall be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.