§ 29-2-16.1-21 — Coroner cooperation with procurement organizations; postmortem examinations; removal of a part of organ from a decedent

Indiana § 29-2-16.1-21

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

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(a) A coroner shall cooperate with
procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover
anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research,
education, or training.
(b) If a coroner receives notice from a procurement organization that
an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a
decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner and a
postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the coroner
denies recovery in accordance with IC 36-2-14-22.6(f), the coroner or
designee shall, when practicable, conduct a postmortem examination
of the body or the part in a manner and within a period compatible with
its preservation for the purposes of the gift. If a coroner conducts a
postmortem examination outside of a compatible period, the coroner
must document why examination occurred outside of a compatible
period. It is considered sufficient documentation if the coroner
documents that additional time was necessary to conduct an adequate
medicolegal examination.
(c) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under
the jurisdiction of a coroner for transplantation, therapy, research, or
education unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The body
of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner may not be delivered
to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of
an anatomical gift. This subsection does not preclude a coroner or
pathologist from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the
body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner or
from using the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the
coroner for the purposes of research, education, or training required by
the coroner or pathologist.

Legislative History

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