Colorado § 12-140-105 - Standards of practice.
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§ 12-140-105. Standards of practice.
(1) A nontransplant tissue bank shall:
(a) Handle human remains in a safe and sanitary manner;
(b) Be equipped with instruments and supplies necessary to protect the health and safety of the public and employees of the nontransplant tissue bank;
(c) Affix identification to all human remains delivered to the nontransplant tissue bank and provide tracking paperwork to match the identification; and
(d) Maintain a proper chain of custody of human remains while the human remains are in the possession of the nontransplant tissue bank.
(2) A nontransplant tissue bank shall not commingle unidentified or unharvested human remains prior to transfer to a crematory or funeral establishment, as those terms are defined in section 12-135-103 (8) and (16), respectively.
(3) An incinerator that is used for the disposal of human remains and that is operated by a registered nontransplant tissue bank need not be registered under part 3 of article 135 of this title 12. The incinerator may commingle tissue from medical or educational research from multiple decedents.
(4) (a) A nontransplant tissue bank may compensate a funeral establishment for transportation of human remains and other reasonable expenses.
(b) A nontransplant tissue bank shall not compensate a funeral establishment for human remains.
(5) The donor or the person authorized by law to consent to donation may limit the sale of the donated human remains by a nontransplant tissue bank, including prohibiting sale to foreign buyers, for nonmedical research uses, or for military uses.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 965, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2024: (1)(b) and (1)(c) amended and (1)(d), (4), and (5) added, (HB 24-1254), ch. 241, p. 1593, § 3, effective August 7.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-54.5-104 as it existed prior to 2019.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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