§ 35-5-221 — Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization

Wyoming § 35-5-221

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 5: ANATOMICAL GIFTS AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
• Art. 2: 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 or
education.
(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 post-mortem examination is
going to be performed, unless the coroner denies recovery in
accordance with W.S. 35-5-222, the coroner or designee shall
conduct a post-mortem examination of the body or the part in a
manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for
the purposes of the gift.
(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
from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or
parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner.