Body Donation Program

1. Body Donation Program

2. Overview • Established to provide human cadavers for educational and scientific study • Register Donors • Coordinate with Donor Families • Track Anatomical Specimens • Review & Approve Requests • Training • Disposal of Anatomical Specimens

3. Reason People Donate • Altruism • Chronic Illness • Pragmatism • Financial Reasons

4. Procedures for Donor Registration • Pre-need Registration • Methods to get Donation Forms • Mail, Website, & Fax • Methods to Submit Forms • Mail, Fax, & Scan/Email • At-need Registration • Methods to get Donation Forms • Website & Fax • Methods to Submit Forms • Fax & Scan/Email

5. Use of Donations • Medical Education – 520 Students • Graduate Medical Education – 830 Students • Continuing Medical Education • Research • Education

6. Disposition of Donations • Cremation • Scattering at Sea

7. Programs for Families of Donors • Memorial Service • Permanent Memorial Bench

8. Other Whole Body Donation Programs • Legality • California Health and Safety Code 7150.50 • An Anatomical Gift may be made to any of the following persons named in a document of gift: • (1) A hospital, accredited medical school, dental school, college, university, or organ procurement organization, for research or education. • (2) Subject to subdivision (b), an individual designated by the person making the anatomical gift if the individual is the recipient of the part. • (3) An eye bank, or tissue bank. • Use of Donation • Outside of California and Outside of the United States • Options

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