Title 35, Public Health And Safety

Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death. (a) A donor may make an anatomical gift: (i) 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; (ii) In a will; (…

Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death. (a) Subject to W.S. 35-5-208, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under W.S. 35-5-204 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by: (i) A record signed by: (A) The donor; (B) The other person; or (C…

Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal. (a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by: (i) A record signed by: (A) The individual; or (B) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, another individual acting at the directio…

Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) and subject to subsection (f) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, am…

Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section and unless barred by W.S. 35-5-207 or 35-5-208, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education may be ma…

Manner of making, amending or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part. (a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under W.S. 35-5-209 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication …

Persons that may receive anatomical gift; purpose of anatomical gift. (a) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (i) For purposes of research or education, a hospital, accredited medical school, dental school, college or university,…

Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine. (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 wit…

Rights and duties of procurement organization and others. (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 and any donor registry that it knows exists for the …

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

Sale or purchase of parts prohibited. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person who 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…

Other prohibited acts. A person who, 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 misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not …

Immunity. (a) A person who acts in accordance with this act 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 maki…

Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity. (a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (i) This act; (ii) The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or (iii) The laws of the state or country…

Donor registry. (a) The department shall electronically transfer to a procurement organization the information that appears on the front of the driver's license or identification card, to include the name, gender, date of birth, social security number if it appears on the license…

Effect of anatomical gift on advance health care directive. (a) In this section: (i) "Advance health-care directive" means a power of attorney for health care or a record signed or authorized by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor's direction concerning a health-…

Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization. (a) A coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education. (b) If a coroner receives notice from…

Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of coroner. (a) Upon request of a procurement organization, a coroner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information and available medical and social history of a decedent …

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

Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. 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.…

Promotion of anatomical gifts. Any money received from donations by owners of vehicles under W.S. 31-2-233(b) or 31-3-101(h) shall be deposited into a separate anatomical awareness account to be used by the department of health and its advisory council to promote general public a…

Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Anatomical gift" means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation or transfusion; (ii) "Auxiliary aid or service" means an aid or service that is used to provid…

Discrimination prohibited. (a) A covered entity shall not, solely on the basis of an individual's disability: (i) Consider the individual ineligible to receive an anatomical gift or organ transplant; (ii) Deny medical services or other services related to organ transplantation, i…

Enforcement. (a) Whenever it appears that a covered entity has violated or is violating any of the provisions of this article, the affected individual may commence a civil action for injunctive and other relief against the covered entity for purposes of enforcing compliance with …