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PUBLIC LAW 87-656-SEPT. 10, 1962
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4. TISSUE B A N K LICENSES AND REGULATIONS.— (a) No person shall operate any tissue bank in the District of Columbia without a valid license issued pursuant to this Act. No such license shall be issued except to persons duly licensed or duly registered as physicians under the Healing Arts Practice Act of the District of Columbia (45 Stat. 1326; title 2, ch. 1, D.C. Code, 1961 ed.) or to persons holding valid licenses to operate and maintain hospitals for humans pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the establishment and maintenance of private hospitals and asylums in the District of Columbia", approved April 20, 1908 (35 Stat. 64; D.C. Code, 1951 ed., title 32, ch. 3). (b) The Commissioners are authorized, after public hearing, to Rules and reguadopt and promulgate rules and regulations prescribing, without lim- lations. itation, (1) the terms and conditions under which a tissue bank license may be issued and renewed; (2) the fees to be paid for the issuance and renewal of such licenses; (3) the duration of such licenses; (4) the grounds for suspension and revocation of such licenses; (5) the operation of tissue banks; (6) the conditions under which tissue TUSLJ be processed, preserved, stored, and transported; and (7) the making, keeping, and disposition of records by tissue banks or by other persons processing, preserving, storing, or transporting tissue. (c) The Commissioners may, after notice and hearing, deny, suspend, or revoke any tissue bank license issued or applied for pursuant to this Act. (d) Any person aggrieved by any final decision or final order of the Commissioners denying, suspending, or revoking any tissue bank license or renewal thereof, issued or applied for under this Act, may obtain a review of such decision or ord^r in the municipal court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and may seek review by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia of any judgment of the municipal court of appeals entered pursuant to its review of any such decision or order, all in accordance with subsection (f) of section 7 of the Act approved April 1, 1942, as added by the Act approved August 31, 1954 (68 Stat. 1048; sec. 11-772, D.C. Code, 1951 ed.). (e) Except with respect to the provisions as to licensing, the provisions of this Act, and the regulations made pursuant thereto, shall apply to Federal agencies situated in the District of Columbia, and to District of Columbia agencies. SEC. 5. PENALTIES.—Any person violating any provision of this A<Jt, or any regulation made pursuant to this Act, shall be fined not more than $300, or be imprisoned for not more than ninety days. Prosecution for violations of this Act and regulations made pursuant thereto shall be brought in the name of the District of Columbia. SEC. 6. DONATION or TISSUE.—(a) Any person who, under the law of the District of Columbia, has capacity to make a valid will, may by will, codicil, or any written statement donate his tissue for the purposes of this Act. Any person who, in accordance with this Act, donates his tissue may, but shall not be required to, designate the purpose for which his tissue is to be used. Any pfiysician or hospital validly operating a tissue bank shall have full authority to take the tissue so donated and use the same for the purposes enumerated in this Act. (b) No particular words shall be required for such person to donate his tissue, but any will, codicil, or written statement shall be liberally construed to effectuate the intent and purpose of the person desiring to donate his tissue for any purpose authorized by this Act. If, pursuant to this section or section 7, a person donates tissue by a written statement other than by a will or codicil, such statement shall be signed by him and be witnessed by two persons of legal age. SEC,
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