§ 22-19-171 — Search and Notification

Alabama § 22-19-171

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 22: Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control
• Ch. 19: Dead Bodies
• Art. 9: Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

Text

(a) 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:
(1) a law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and
(2) if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual’s arrival at the hospital.
(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (a)(1) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.
(c) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.

Legislative History

(Act 2008-453, p. 867, §1.)