Sec. 13.52.290. Severability.
If a provision of this chapter, or the application of this chapter to a person or circumstance is held invalid, including being held unconstitutional, the invalidity does not affect the other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
Sec. 13.52.300. Optional form.
The following sample form may be used to create an advance health care directive. The other sections of this chapter govern the effect of this or any other writing used to create an advance health care directive. This form may be duplicated. This form may be modified to suit the needs of the person, or […]
Sec. 13.52.390. Definitions.
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “advance health care directive” means an individual instruction or a durable power of attorney for health care; (2) “advanced practice registered nurse” has the meaning given in AS 08.68.850; (3) “agent” means an individual designated in a durable power of attorney for health care to make […]
Sec. 13.52.395. Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the Health Care Decisions Act.
Sec. 13.52.233. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited; charges allowed.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in (b) of this section, a person who, 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 a class C felony. (b) A person may charge a reasonable amount […]
Sec. 13.52.243. Immunity.
(a) Except as provided by AS 13.52.080 and 13.52.090, a person who acts under AS 13.52.173 – 13.52.268 or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to act under AS 13.52.173 – 13.52.268 or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, is not liable for the […]
Sec. 13.52.247. Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.
(a) Notwithstanding AS 13.52.010(k), a document of gift is valid if executed under (1) AS 13.52.173 – 13.52.268; (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 […]
Sec. 13.52.253. Effect of anatomical gift on advance health care directive.
Except as provided by AS 13.52.055, if a prospective donor has an advance health care directive, and the terms of the directive and the express terms of a potential anatomical gift are in conflict with regard to the administration of measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part for transplantation or therapy, the […]
Sec. 13.52.255. Cooperation between coroner, state medical examiner, and procurement organization.
(a) A coroner and a 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 a state medical examiner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made […]
Sec. 13.52.257. Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of coroner or state medical examiner.
(a) On request of a procurement organization, a coroner or the state medical examiner may 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 state medical examiner. If the decedent’s body or part is medically suitable […]