A. The department of health shall provide information and educational materials to the public regarding bone marrow donation through the national marrow donor program and regarding organ donations. The department shall seek assistance from the national marrow donor program to establish a system to distribute materials, ensure that the materials are updated periodically, fully disclose the risks involved in donating bone marrow and address the education and recruitment of minority populations.
B. The information and educational materials shall include information on:
(1) the need for bone marrow donations;
(2) patient populations that would benefit from bone marrow donations;
(3) how to join the bone marrow registry; and
(4) how to acquire a free buccal swab kit from the bone marrow registry.
C. The department shall establish a system to distribute information and educational materials regarding organ donations and ensure that the materials are updated periodically, fully disclose the risks of donating an organ and address the education and recruitment of minority populations.
History: Laws 2007, ch. 159, § 2; 2019, ch. 112, § 2.
The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, specified the information regarding bone marrow donation that must be included in the educational materials that the department of health is required to provide to the public; and added subsection designation "A."; added Subsection B; and added subsection designation "C".
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