§ 39-3410 — MANNER OF MAKING, AMENDING OR REVOKING ANATOMICAL GIFT OF DECEDENT’S BODY OR PART

Idaho § 39-3410

• Jurisdiction: Idaho
• Title 39: HEALTH AND SAFETY
• Ch. 34: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT

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(1) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 39-3409, Idaho Code, 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.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under section 39-3409, Idaho Code, 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 (1) member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under section 39-3409, Idaho Code, may be:
(a) Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the gift; or
(b) Revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of the gift or if they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
(3) A revocation under subsection (2) 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.

Legislative History

[39-3410, added 2007, ch. 30, sec. 2, p. 67.]