§ 144.336 — Registry of Persons Typed for Human Leukocyte Antigens
Plain-Language Summary
Creates a registry of people who have been tissue-typed as potential bone marrow donors to help match patients who need transplants.
144.336 REGISTRY OF PERSONS TYPED FOR HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGENS.
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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
History: History: 1984 c 436 s 33; 1986 c 444