§ 29-2-16.1-9 — Anatomical gift documents; amendments; revocations

Indiana § 29-2-16.1-9

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

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(a) A person authorized to make an
anatomical gift under section 8 of this chapter may make an anatomical
gift by a document or 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), an anatomical gift by a person
authorized under section 8 of this chapter 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 8 of this
chapter 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 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.
(c) A revocation under subsection (b) 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

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