The uniform anatomical gift act. A model for reform.

Abstract

Few events in recent legal history have as great a potential for beneficial impact on the medical community as the final approval of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act on July 30, 1968, at the most recent National Conference of the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. The Uniform Act, which is appended, received the endorsement of the American Bar Association on Aug 7, 1968. The Act is designed to facilitate the donation and use of human tissues and organs for transplantation and other medical purposes and provides a favorable legal environment for such activities. The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws is composed of law professors, lawyers, and judges, representing every state, whose function is to help make state laws more uniform and up to date. The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act is the product of three years of intensive study by a special committee of the conference and is particularly