Title XXVI, Cemeteries; Burials; Dead Bodies

I. A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under RSA 291-A:9 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed…

I. An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (a) A hospital; accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university; organ procurement organization; or other appropriate person, for research or education; (b) Subject to parag…

I. The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal: (a) A law enforcement office…

I. A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective. II. Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copyin…

I. When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the New Hampshire donor registry and any other donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the indi…

Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.

I. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph II, a person that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death commits a felony and, notwithsta…

A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal commits a felony and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine not exceeding …

I. A person that acts in accordance with this chapter or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, shall not be liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding. Acting consistent with a d…

I. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (a) This chapter; (b) The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or (c) The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a natio…

In this chapter: I. "Adult" means an individual who is at least 18 years of age. II. "Agent" means an individual: (a) Authorized to make health-care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care pursuant to RSA 137-J; or (b) Expressly authorized to ma…

I. Law enforcement agencies may possess portions of human remains for cadaver canine training only under the following conditions: (a) Written consent is obtained from: (1) The next of kin or legal representative of the deceased; or (2) The deceased individual, prior to death, th…

Every person before receiving any such body shall give to the officers surrendering it a sufficient bond that it shall be used only in the state for the promotion of science, and in such manner as not to outrage or annoy the public; and that after the use allowed by law the remai…

I. A donor registry shall: (a) Provide a database that allows an individual who has made an anatomical gift to be included in the donor registry; (b) Be accessible to a procurement organization to allow it to obtain relevant information on the donor registry to determine, at or n…

I. The chief medical examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. II. If a medical examiner receives notice from a procurement organization that…

I. Upon request of a procurement organization, a medical examiner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information, and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner. If the decedent's bo…

A person's decision to make a donation of that person's own body, organ, or tissue after death shall be honored and may not be revoked or amended by anyone after such individual's death. In the absence of a revocation or amendment by the individual prior to death, health care pro…

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

This act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the not…

I. Upon completion of training, all remaining portions of the human remains shall be returned to either: (a) The institution of higher education located in New Hampshire that assisted in the preparation of the training aids; or (b) A company licensed to conduct human medical wast…

This chapter applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.

No such notice need be given, nor shall any such body be surrendered, if any person or persons shall claim it within 36 hours after death, and take it away and bury it without expense to the town or county otherwise liable for the same; nor shall such notice be given or the body …

Subject to RSA 291-A:8, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in RSA 291-A:5 by: I. The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a …

Any law enforcement agency in New Hampshire that conducts training involving the possession or use of human remains for cadaver canine or related law enforcement purposes shall develop and maintain a written policy governing such activities. This policy shall be submitted to and …

Any person, upon whom duties are imposed by the provisions of this chapter, who shall neglect, refuse or omit to perform the same as hereby required shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.

I. A donor may make an anatomical gift: (a) By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor's driver's license or identification card; (b) In a will; (c) During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by a…

I. Subject to RSA 291-A:8, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under RSA 291-A:4 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by: (a) A record signed by: (1) The donor; (2) The other person; or (3) Subject to paragraph II, another individual acting at the dire…

I. An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by: (a) A record signed by: (1) The individual; or (2) Subject to paragraph II, another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign; (b)…

I. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph VII and subject to paragraph VI, in the absence of an 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 …

I. Subject to paragraphs II and III and unless barred by RSA 291-A:7 or RSA 291-A:8, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably ava…