Ohio § 2108.266 Recovery of part without post-mortem agreement

Ohio Statutes

§ 2108.266 — Recovery of part without post-mortem agreement

Ohio § 2108.266

Title 21Courts-Probate-Juvenile

Ch. 2108Human Bodies Or Parts Thereof

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2108.266 (2026).

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In the absence of an agreement entered into  under section2108.265of the Revised Code establishing  protocols  and procedures governing the relations between a  coroner and a  procurement  organization, if the coroner intends  to deny  recovery  of an organ for transplantation or therapy from a  decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner, the  coroner  or the  coroner's designee, at the request of the  procurement  organization, shall attend the removal  procedure for  the organ  before making a final determination not  to allow the  procurement  organization to recover the organ.  During the  removal procedure,  the coroner or the coroner's  designee may  allow recovery by the  procurement organization to  proceed, or,  if the coroner or the  coroner's designee reasonabl

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In the absence of an agreement entered into under section2108.265of the Revised Code establishing protocols and procedures governing the relations between a coroner and a procurement organization, if the coroner intends to deny recovery of an organ for transplantation or therapy from a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner, the coroner or the coroner's designee, at the request of the procurement organization, shall attend the removal procedure for the organ before making a final determination not to allow the procurement organization to recover the organ. During the removal procedure, the coroner or the coroner's designee may allow recovery by the procurement organization to proceed, or, if the coroner or the coroner's designee reasonably believes that the organ may be involved in determining the decedent's cause or manner of death or that the organ or the decedent's intact body is needed for law enforcement purposes, deny recovery by the procurement organization.

A coroner may designate another coroner or employees of another coroner's office to act on the coroner's behalf under this section.