National Organ Transplant Act of 1984
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The National Organ Transplant Act (1984 Pub.L. 98-507), approved October 19, 1984 and amended in 1988 and 1990, outlawed the sale of human organs and provided for the establishment of the Task Force on Organ Transplantation; authorized the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants for the planning, establishment, and initial operation of qualified Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs); and established the formation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. It was sponsored by Rep. Al Gore and Sen. Orrin Hatch.[1]
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- ^ American Medical Association Journal of Ethics: http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2005/09/hlaw1-0509.html
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