§ 29-2-16.1-12 — Petitions to determine anatomical gift or revocation of anatomical gift

Indiana § 29-2-16.1-12

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 2: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
• Ch. 16.1: Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

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(a) The individual's attending physician,
or, if none, the:
(1) physician that certifies the individual's death;
(2) hospital where the individual is admitted;
(3) hospital where the individual's remains are being kept; or
(4) individual identified in section 8(a) of this chapter;
may petition a court with probate jurisdiction in the county where the
remains of the individual who is the subject of the petition are located,
or the county in which the individual died, for the information referred
to in subsection (b).
(b) A person identified in subsection (a) may petition the court with
probate jurisdiction specified in subsection (a) to determine whether
the individual:
(1) made a written anatomical gift under section 4 of this chapter
or IC 9-24-17; or
(2) made a written revocation of an anatomical gift under section
5 of this chapter or under IC 9-24-17.
(c) If the court with probate jurisdiction determines under
subsection (b) that the individual made a written anatomical gift that
was not subsequently revoked in writing by the individual, the court
shall order that the anatomical gift of an organ, tissue, or an eye be
recovered.
(d) The court with probate jurisdiction may modify or waive notice
and a hearing if the court determines that a delay would have a serious
adverse effect on:
(1) the medical viability of the individual; or
(2) the viability of the individual's anatomical gift of an organ,
tissue, or an eye.

Legislative History

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