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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
To 1995 ASSEMBLY BILL 480
September 5, 1995 - Offered by
Committee on Health.
AB480-ASA1,1,4
1An Act to renumber and amend 157.06 (4) (a) 4.;
to amend 157.06 (1) (b),
2157.06 (2) (d) and 157.06 (8) (c); and
to create 157.06 (1) (j) and (k) and 157.06
3(4) (a) 4. b. of the statutes;
relating to: authorizing technicians to remove
4donated human bone or certain tissue.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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157.06
(1) (b) "Decedent" means a deceased individual
, including an embryo
7or fetus that has died of natural causes in utero or a stillborn infant.
AB480-ASA1, s. 2
8Section
2. 157.06 (1) (j) and (k) of the statutes are created to read:
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(1) (j) "Technician" means an individual who is appropriately trained
10to remove or process tissue or bone, under the direction or supervision of a physician.
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(k) "Tissue" includes all of the following:
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2. Connective tissue, including tendons and ligaments.
AB480-ASA1,2,2
13. Cardiovascular tissue, including valves, blood vessels and pericardium, that
2is not suitable for use for cardiovascular organ transplantation.
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(2) (d) A document of gift may designate a particular physician to carry
5out the appropriate procedures. In the absence of a designation or if the designee is
6not available, the donee or other person authorized to accept the anatomical gift may
7employ or authorize any physician
, technician or enucleator to carry out the
8appropriate procedures.
AB480-ASA1, s. 4
9Section
4. 157.06 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 157.06 (4) (a) 4.
10(intro.) and amended to read:
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157.06
(4) (a) 4. (intro.) The removal will be by a physician, except
that in for
12the following:
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13a. In the case of eyes,
the removal may be by a physician or by an enucleator.
AB480-ASA1, s. 5
14Section
5. 157.06 (4) (a) 4. b. of the statutes is created to read:
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157.06
(4) (a) 4. b. In the case of tissue or bone, the removal may be by a
16physician or by a technician.
AB480-ASA1, s. 6
17Section
6. 157.06 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(8) (c) If there has been an anatomical gift, a physician may remove any
19donated parts of the body
, a technician may remove any donated tissue or bone and
20an enucleator may remove any donated eyes or parts of eyes, after determination of
21death by a physician. Any individual acting under the direction of a physician and
22any funeral director licensed under ch. 445 may perform the functions of an
23enucleator under this section if he or she has completed a course in eye enucleation
24and holds a valid certification of competence from a medical college approved by the
1medical examining board under s. 448.05 (2). A certificate of competence shall be
2valid for 3 years.
