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title: "42 U.S.C. § 273a"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 273a - National living donor mechanisms

## Text

The Secretary may establish and maintain mechanisms to evaluate the long-term effects associated with living organ donations by individuals who have served as living donors.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 371A, as added Pub. L. 108–216, § 7, Apr. 5, 2004, 118 Stat. 589.)