§ 29-2-16.1-11 — Searches for documents of gift or refusal

Indiana § 29-2-16.1-11

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 2: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
• Ch. 16.1: 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 in a hospital for a document of gift or other
information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual
who made a refusal:
(1) An organ procurement organization.
(2) A tissue bank.
(3) An eye bank.
(4) 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) 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 civil liability for failing to discharge
the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to criminal
liability or administrative sanctions.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12.