Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor’s lifetime to be effective. (b) 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 copyi…

(a) 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 department of motor vehicles and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individua…

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

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), 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 upon con…

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 is subject to a fine not exceeding fifty …

(a) 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, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding. (b) Neither the person making a…

(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (1) This chapter; (2) The laws of the state where it was executed; or (3) The laws of the state where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the d…

For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Adult” means an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age. (2) “Agent” means an individual: (i) Authorized to make health care decisions on the principal’s behalf by a power of attorney for heal…

(a) A donor registry must: (1) Allow a donor or other person authorized pursuant to this chapter to include an individual on the donor registry who has made an anatomical gift; (2) Be accessible to a procurement organization to allow it to obtain relevant information on the donor…

A medical examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.

(a) The medical examiner or his or her designee shall provide the federally designated organ procurement organization and other nonprofit federally registered eye and tissue banks, in a timely manner, all information necessary to facilitate organ and tissue donation including, bu…

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. § 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede § 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in §…

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

Subject to the provisions of this chapter, 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 by: (1) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is: (i) …

(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift: (1) 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; (2) In a will; (3) During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by …

(a) Subject to the provisions of this chapter, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by: (1) A record signed by: (i) The donor; (ii) The other person so authorized; or (iii) Subject to subsection (b), another individu…

(a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual’s body or part by: (1) A record signed by: (i) The individual; or (ii) Subject to subsection (b), another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign;…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, 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 an anatomical gift of the do…

(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) and unless barred by this chapter, 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 available, in …