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This legislation was passed to improve the system for Organ, Tissue and Eye allocation after successful heart and kidney transplant. - UAGA First person authorization means: - The donor has legally authorized donation upon declaration of death. The legislation that supports OPO's legal right to inform donor families instead of requesting authorization. - UAGA Purpose of the UAGA - 1. Created the modern registry 2. Requires that declaring physicians are not involved in transplant 3. Protects healthcare professionals from liabilities with donation 4. Defines LNOK who can provide Authorization for donation What agencies resolution supported the UAGA allowing OPO's to take firm stance upholding first person authorization? - The National Association of Attorney General (NAAG) This legislation states "An individual who has sustained either irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory function or all functions of the entire brain and brainstem, is dead. - The Uniform Anatomical Death Act (UDDA) Hospital and OPO BD policies are created following guidelines provided by? - UAGA AMA (American Medical Association) AAP (American Association of Pediatrics)