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SECTION 4369
Bone marrow registry information
Public Health (PBH) CHAPTER 45, ARTICLE 43-B, TITLE 1
§ 4369. Bone marrow registry information. 1. The commissioner, in
consultation with health care practitioners and others with expertise in
bone marrow donation and transplant and with the assistance of the
transplant council as appropriate, shall develop and make available
information regarding bone marrow donation and registries, including but
not limited to the National Marrow Donor Program "Be The Match Registry"
registry and The Bone Marrow Foundation. Such information shall include,
but not be limited to:

(a) the need for bone marrow donations;

(b) patient populations that would benefit from bone marrow donations;

(c) how to join a bone marrow registry; and

(d) how to acquire a free buccal swab kit from a bone marrow registry.

2. The information required by this section shall be made available on
the department's website in a printable format to allow the public to
access such information and for health care practitioners providing
primary care to provide such information to patients who are eighteen
years of age or older and under forty-five years of age who are not
registered with a bone marrow registry.