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Home » US Law » 2021 Tennessee Code » Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection » Chapter 30 - Anatomical Gifts » Part 1 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act » § 68-30-116. Law Governing Validity — Choice of Law as to Execution of Document of Gift — Presumption of Validity
  1. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:

    1. This part;
    2. The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or
    3. The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.
  2. If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.
  3. A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.