Text of Statute

(A) With respect to the gift of an eye, an embalmer licensed pursuant to Chapter 4717 . of the Revised Code who has completed a course in eye enucleation and has received a certificate of competency to that effect from a school of medicine recognized by the state medical board or from an eye bank that is a member of the eye bank association of America may enucleate eyes for the gift after proper certification of death by a physician and compliance with the intent of the gift as defined by sections 2108.01 to 2108.10 of the Revised Code.

(B) As used in this section, "eye enucleation" means the removal of the eyeball in such a way that it comes out clean and whole.

HISTORY: 135 v H 1242 (Eff 3-4-75); 143 v H 21. Eff 3-27-91.