ORGAN DONOR PROGRAMS
Human Tissue Donation
RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Medical Society supports public education concerning the need of making anatomical gifts to medical science; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Medical Society supports efforts to achieve maximal organ recovery; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Medical Society supports availability of organ donation registry methods and educational information in health care facilities; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Medical Society supports the efforts of appropriately accredited organ procurement agencies to recover human tissues, organs, and bodies to be used by transplanting surgeons, hospitals, and medical schools of the State.
(Report M-1973, adopted 5/22/73)
(revised, Report II-1988, Item 25, adopted 5/7/88)
(revised, Report MM-1998, Item 30, adopted 11/15/98)
(revised, Report L3-2004, Item 40, adopted 11/14/2004)
(revised, Report I-2009, Item 3-3, adopted 11/01/2009) (reaffirmed, NCMS Policy Review 2015 Report, Item 63, adopted 10/24/2015)