§ 20-17-1221. Effect of anatomical gift on advance healthcare directive
(a) In this section: (1) “Advance healthcare directive” means a power of attorney for health care or a record signed by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor’s direction concerning a healthcare decision for the prospective donor. (2) “Declaration” means a record signed by a prospective donor specifying the circumstances under which a life support […]
§ 20-17-1222. Cooperation between a coroner or the state medical examiner and a procurement organization
(a) A coroner and the state medical examiner 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 or the state medical examiner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made […]
§ 20-17-1223. Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of coroner or the state medical examiner
(a) Upon request of a procurement organization, a coroner or the state medical examiner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information, and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner or the state medical examiner. If the decedent’s body or part is medically […]
§ 20-17-1225. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global And National Commerce Act
This act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. […]
§ 20-17-1213. Delivery of document of gift not required — Right to examine
(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor’s lifetime to be effective. (b) Upon or after an individual’s death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift […]
§ 20-17-1214. Rights and duties of procurement organization and others
(a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the Office of Driver Services and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual resides to ascertain whether the individual has made […]
§ 20-17-1215. Coordination of procurement and use
Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.
§ 20-17-1216. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a person that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual’s death commits an unclassified felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding fifty […]
§ 20-17-1201. Short title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Revised Arkansas Anatomical Gift Act”.
§ 20-17-1217. Other prohibited acts
A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal commits an unclassified felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or imprisonment not exceeding […]