§ 4369 — Bone marrow registry information

§ 4369. Bone marrow registry information. 1. The commissioner, in\nconsultation with health care practitioners and others with expertise in\nbone marrow donation and transplant and with the assistance of the\ntransplant council as appropriate, shall develop and make available\ninformation regarding bone marrow donation and registries, including but\nnot limited to the National Marrow Donor Program "Be The Match Registry"\nregistry and The Bone Marrow Foundation. Such information shall include,\nbut not be limited to:\n (a) the need for bone marrow donations;\n (b) patient populations that would benefit from bone marrow donations;\n (c) how to join a bone marrow registry; and\n (d) how to acquire a free buccal swab kit from a bone marrow registry.\n 2. The information required by this section shall be made available on\nthe department's website in a printable format to allow the public to\naccess such information and for health care practitioners providing\nprimary care to provide such information to patients who are eighteen\nyears of age or older and under forty-five years of age who are not\nregistered with a bone marrow registry.\n