Connecticut General Statutes Title 19A. Public Health and Well-Being § 19a-490v. Removal of a delivered placenta from a hospital

(a) Except for the portion of a delivered placenta that is necessary for an examination described in subsection (d) of this section, a hospital may allow a woman who has given birth in the hospital, or a spouse of the woman if the woman is incapacitated or deceased, to take possession of and remove from the hospital the placenta if:

(b) A person removing a placenta from a hospital under this section may only retain the placenta for personal use and may not sell the placenta.

(c) The hospital shall retain the signed acknowledgment described in subsection (a) with the woman's medical records.

(d) This section does not (1) prohibit a pathological examination of the delivered placenta that is ordered by a physician or required by a policy of the hospital, or (2) authorize a woman or the woman's spouse to interfere with a pathological examination of the delivered placenta that is ordered by a physician or required by a policy of the hospital.

(e) A hospital that allows a person to take possession of and remove from the hospital a delivered placenta in accordance with the provisions of this section is not required to dispose of the placenta as biomedical waste.

(f) A hospital that acts in accordance with the provisions of this section shall not be liable for allowing the removal of a placenta from the hospital in a civil action, a criminal prosecution or an administrative proceeding.