Colorado § 25-59-103 - Definitions.
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§ 25-59-103. Definitions.
As used in this article 59, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Department" means the department of public health and environment.
(2) "Health-care provider" means a hospital or other health facility licensed or certified pursuant to section 25-1.5-103 (1)(a).
(3) "Health-care services related to living organ donation" means an organ donation recovery operation and all services required before and after the operation.
(4) "Living organ donation" means the donation of an organ by a living organ donor.
(5) "Living organ donor" means a living individual who has donated all or part of an organ.
(6) "Major surgery" means a:
(a) Surgical intervention that penetrates or exposes a body cavity;
(b) Procedure that has the potential for inducing permanent anatomic or physiologic impairment; or
(c) Procedure associated with orthopedics or extensive tissue dissection or transection.
(7) "Nondirected living organ donor" means a living organ donor who does not have an intended recipient of the donated organ at the time of the donation.
(8) "Organ" means all or part of a kidney, a lung, the liver, the pancreas, the intestine, or any other organ that requires major surgery to be donated and that, when donated, may lead to a life-saving organ donation, as determined by the department.
(9) "Organ donation recovery operation" means a procedure to recover an organ from a living organ donor.
(10) "Organ voucher program" means a program, as defined by each organization offering a program, that allows a nondirected living organ donor to designate individuals to be voucher holders who will be prioritized for a viable organ transplant from another nondirected living organ donor if the voucher holder is placed on a transplant waiting list and another voucher holder has not already redeemed a voucher.
(11) "Transplant center" means a health-care provider that performs organ donation recovery operations or transplantation of organs recovered from a living organ donor.
Source: L. 2024: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 24-1132), ch. 331, p. 2241, § 1, effective June 3.
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