Role and authority of people other than donor

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this Code section and subject to subsection (f ) of this Code section, in the absence of an 502 44-5-147 express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under Code Section 44-5-143 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under Code Section 44-5-144. (b) A donor’s revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under Code Section 44-5-144 is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in Code Sections 44-5-142 and 44-5-147 from making an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under Code Section 44-5-143 or 44-5-148. (c) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under Code Section 44-5-143 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under Code Section 44-5-144, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor’s body or part under Code Section 44-5-148. (d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part under Code Section 44-5-144 by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under Code Section 44-5-143 or 44-5-148. (e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Code Section 44-5-142, an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person. (f ) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Code Section 44-5-142, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth in Code Section 44-5-142 is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person under Code Section 44-5-143 or 44-5-148. (g) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part. (h) If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a parent of the minor who is reasonably available may revoke the minor’s refusal. (Code 1981, § 44-5-146, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 503, § 1/SB 405.) 44-5-147. Classes of persons available to make donations; priority.