8624 - Prohibited activities.
§ 8624. Prohibited activities. (a) Affiliates.--No organ procurement organization selected by the Department of Health under section 8617(g) (relating to requests for anatomical gifts) to conduct annual death reviews may use that review authority or any powers or privileges granted thereby to coerce or attempt to coerce a hospital to select the organization or any tissue procurement provider contractually affiliated with the organization as a designated tissue procurement provider under section 8617(e). (b) Unfair acts.--No organ procurement organization or tissue procurement provider may disparage the services or business of other procurement providers by false or misleading representations of fact, engage in any other fraudulent conduct to influence the selection by a hospital of a qualified tissue procurement provider nor engage in unlawful competition or discrimination. This subsection is not intended to restrict or preclude any organ procurement organization or tissue procurement provider from marketing or promoting its services in the normal course of business.