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Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

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A quick definition of Uniform Anatomical Gift Act:

The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act is a law that says people can donate certain parts of their body after they die to help others who need them or for medical research. The law was made in 1968 and has been updated two times since then. The law also says that hospitals and doctors who follow the rules of the law are not responsible if something goes wrong. The law tries to balance the need for donations with the wishes of people who do not want to donate.

A more thorough explanation:

The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act is a federal law that sets rules for donating organs and tissues after death. It was first passed in 1968 and has been updated several times since then. The law allows people to donate their organs for medical purposes, such as helping those in need or for research. Every state has its own version of the law.

The law was updated in 2006 to make it easier for people to donate and to address shortages of organs. The changes included:

  • Expanding the list of people who can give consent for organ donation on behalf of someone else
  • Giving everyone the chance to donate their organs when they die
  • Requiring people who don't want to donate to explicitly say so

The law tries to balance the need for organ donations with people's religious and moral beliefs. It also protects hospitals and tissue banks from being sued if they follow the law in good faith. This means they won't be held responsible if they didn't know that the consent forms were fake or if they believed they were following the law correctly.

For example, if a tissue bank received donations based on fake consent forms, they might not be held responsible if they can show that they believed the forms were real and that they were following the law in good faith.

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so 100 would be a 180?
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are you taking practice tests that are being scored though?
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or just drills
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re: WashU's URM lsat differential - fair to chalk that up to LSAT redaction weirdness messing w the scale or are they generally starved for URMs
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And an (albeit negligible) inverse URM GPA differential
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