Ohio § 2108.15 Rights of anatomical gift donee - acceptance or rejection

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§ 2108.15 — Rights of anatomical gift donee - acceptance or rejection

Ohio § 2108.15

Title 21Courts-Probate-Juvenile

Ch. 2108Human Bodies Or Parts Thereof

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2108.15 (2026).

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Subject to division (I) of section2108.11and  sections2108.26to2108.272of the Revised Code, the rights of  the person to  which a  part passes under section2108.11of the  Revised Code  shall be  superior to the rights of all others with  respect to the  part. The  person may accept or reject an  anatomical gift in whole  or in  part.

Subject to the terms of the  document of gift and  sections2108.01to2108.29of the Revised  Code, a person that  accepts an  anatomical gift of an entire body  may allow embalming,  burial,  or  cremation, and use of remains in  a funeral service. If  the  gift is  of a part, the person to whom  the part passes under  section2108.11of the Revised Code, upon  the death of the donor  and  before embalming, burial, or  cremation, shall cause the part  to be  remo

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Subject to division (I) of section2108.11and sections2108.26to2108.272of the Revised Code, the rights of the person to which a part passes under section2108.11of the Revised Code shall be superior to the rights of all others with respect to the part. The person may accept or reject an anatomical gift in whole or in part.

Subject to the terms of the document of gift and sections2108.01to2108.29of the Revised Code, a person that accepts an anatomical gift of an entire body may allow embalming, burial, or cremation, and use of remains in a funeral service. If the gift is of a part, the person to whom the part passes under section2108.11of the Revised Code, upon the death of the donor and before embalming, burial, or cremation, shall cause the part to be removed without unnecessary mutilation. After removal of the part, custody of the remainder of the decedent's body passes to the persons to whom the right of disposition for the body has been assigned pursuant to section2108.70of the Revised Code or who have the right of disposition for the body as described in section2108.81of the Revised Code.