16 Del. C. § 1126
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§ Â 1126. Recording anatomical gift data.
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(a) All long-term care facilities shall, if possible, ascertain from a resident upon admission whether or not the resident has donated all or part of the resident’s own body as an anatomical gift in a manner permitted by § 2713 of this title and the person, institution, or organization to which such gift has been made.
(b) All long-term care facilities, as required by regulation, shall maintain as part of a resident’s permanent record the information required under this section and such other pertinent information about said anatomical gift which will facilitate the carrying out of the resident’s wishes in the event of the resident’s death.
(c) Upon the death of a resident who has made an anatomical gift, long-term care facilities shall make every reasonable effort to contact without delay the person, institution, or organization to which such gift has been made.
(b) All long-term care facilities, as required by regulation, shall maintain as part of a resident’s permanent record the information required under this section and such other pertinent information about said anatomical gift which will facilitate the carrying out of the resident’s wishes in the event of the resident’s death.
(c) Upon the death of a resident who has made an anatomical gift, long-term care facilities shall make every reasonable effort to contact without delay the person, institution, or organization to which such gift has been made.
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