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§ 8620. Police and emergency personnel responsibilities

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 20 Pa.C.S.A. Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 20 Pa.C.S.A. Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 86. Anatomical Gifts (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter B. Express Anatomical Gifts (Refs & Annos)
20 Pa.C.S.A. § 8620
§ 8620. Police and emergency personnel responsibilities
Police and emergency personnel responding to the scene of an accident or trauma shall take reasonable steps to insure that the driver's license or personal identification card, donor card or other document of gift and medical alert bracelet, if any, of the individual involved in the accident or trauma accompanies the individual to the hospital or other health care facility. The hospital or other health care facility shall, within five days, if practicable, return the driver's license or identification card to the Department of Transportation, accompanied by a form prescribed by the Department of Transportation, if the individual involved in the accident is deceased.

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1994, Dec. 1, P.L. 655, No. 102, § 8, effective in 90 days.
20 Pa.C.S.A. § 8620, PA ST 20 Pa.C.S.A. § 8620
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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