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Ohio Rev. Code § 2108.30 (2026)

Anatomical gifts not considered sale of fluid or body part

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April 7, 2009
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House Bill 529 - 127th General Assembly
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Subject to the prohibition in section 2108.18 of the Revised Code, the procuring, furnishing, donating, processing, distributing, or using of human whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives, and products, corneas, bones, organs, or other human tissue except hair, for the purpose of injecting, transfusing, or transplanting the fluid or body part in another human body, is considered for all purposes as the rendition of a service by every person participating in the act and not a sale of any such fluid or body part. No warranties of any kind or description are applicable to the act.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2024 · leading case: State v. Carter, 594 N.E.2d 595 (Ohio 1992).
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State v. Carter, 594 N.E.2d 595 (Ohio 1992). “” R.C. 2108.30 specifies: “An individual is dead if he has sustained either irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or irreversible cessation of all functions of the brain, including the brain stem, as determined in accordance with accepted medical…”
In re Coloplast Corp. Pelvic Support Sys. Prods. Liab. Litig., 219 F. Supp. 3d 577 (S.D.W. Va 2016). · cites it 2× “Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2108.30 . Where a statute such as this one clearly defines the “procuring, furnishing, .”
State v. Carter, 1992 Ohio 127 (Ohio 1992). “" R.C. 2108.30 specifies: "An individual is dead if he has sustained either irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or irreversible cessation of all functions of the brain, including the brain stem, as determined in accordance with accepted medical…”
In Re Guardianship of Stein, 811 N.E.2d 594 (Ohio Ct. App. 2004). “See R.C. 2108.30. Although not legally dead, Aiden is trapped somewhere between life and death with no ability to remove himself from that state.”
State v. Clark, 485 N.E.2d 810 (Ohio Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “While R.C. 2108.30 recognizes so called “brain death,” there is a requirement that the determination be made in accordance with accepted medical standards by a physician by observing and conducting a test to determine that the irreversible cessation of all functions of the brain…”
State v. Long, 455 N.E.2d 534 (Ohio Ct. App. 1983). “R.C. 2108.30 states in part: “An individual is dead if he has sustained either irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or irreversible cessation of all functions of the brain, including the brain stem, as determined in accordance with accepted medical…”
Pierson v. Elutia, Inc. (S.D. Ohio 2024). · cites it 3× “Ohio Rev. Code § 2108.30 (bold & underline emphasis added).”
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