District of Columbia § 7-1531.09 Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent’s body or part.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 7-1531.09 — Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent’s body or part.

District of Columbia § 7-1531.09

Title 7Human Health Care and Safety.

Ch. 15Anatomical Parts.

Subch. II-ARevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.

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D.C. Code § 7-1531.09 (2026).

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(a)A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 7-1531.08 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 by the individual receiving the oral communication.

(b)Subject to subsection (c) of this section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under § 7-1531.08 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under § 7-1531.08 may be:

(1)Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the gift; or

(2)Revo

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(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 7-1531.08 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 by the individual receiving the oral communication.

(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under § 7-1531.08 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under § 7-1531.08 may be:

(1) Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the gift; or

(2) Revoked only if:

(A) A majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of the gift; or

(B) The members of the class described in § 7-1531.08(a)(4) are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.

(c) A revocation under subsection (b) of this section is effective only if, before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor’s body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the revocation.