Minnesota § 144.336 - REGISTRY OF PERSONS TYPED FOR HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGENS
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§ 144.336. REGISTRY OF PERSONS TYPED FOR HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGENS
Subdivision 1.Release restricted.
No person, including the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision, that maintains or operates a registry of the names of persons, their human leukocyte antigen types, and their willingness to be a tissue donor shall reveal the identity of the person or the person's human leukocyte antigen type without the person's consent. If the data are maintained by a governmental entity, the data are classified as private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12.
Subd. 2.Duties.
Persons that maintain or operate a registry described in subdivision 1 have no responsibility for any search beyond their own records to identify potential donors for the benefit of any person seeking a tissue transplant and have no duty to encourage potential donors to assist persons seeking a tissue transplant, and are not liable for their failure to do so.
History:
1984 c 436 s 33; 1986 c 444
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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