Whether a patient has a qualifying condition under this chapter shall be determined by the primary physician of the patient and by at least one other physician, when another physician is available. A physician making the determination shall document the grounds for the determination in the patient’s medical record. Permanent unconsciousness shall be determined in […]
Subject to AS 13.52.193, an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in AS 13.52.177 by (1) the donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor […]
(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift (1) by authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor’s driver’s license or identification card; (2) in a will; (3) during a terminal condition of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at […]
(a) Except in the case of mental illness under AS 13.52.020(c), and subject to AS 13.52.193, a donor or another person authorized to make an anatomical gift under AS 13.52.173 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by (1) a record signed by (A) the donor; (B) the other person; or (C) subject to (b) […]
(a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual’s body or part by (1) a record signed by (A) the individual; or (B) subject to (b) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign; (2) the individual’s will, whether […]
(a) Except as otherwise provided in (g) of this section and subject to (f) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part if the donor made an […]
(a) Subject to (b) and (c) of this section and unless barred by AS 13.52.187 or 13.52.193, an anatomical gift of a decedent’s body or part for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the order of […]
(a) Notwithstanding AS 13.52.020, a person authorized to make an anatomical gift under AS 13.52.197 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person’s oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving […]
(a) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (1) a hospital, an accredited medical school, a dental school, a college, a university, an organ procurement organization, or another appropriate person, for research or education; (2) subject to (b) of this section, an individual designated by the […]
(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal: (1) a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, a paramedic, or another […]
(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor’s lifetime to be effective. (b) On 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 […]
(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 department and a donor registry. (b) A procurement organization shall be allowed reasonable access to information in the records of the department to ascertain whether an individual at […]
A hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
AS 13.52.173 – 13.52.267 modify, limit, and supersede 15 U.S.C. 7001 – 7031 (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act), except that AS 13.52.173 – 13.52.267 do not modify, limit or supersede 15 U.S.C. 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in 15 U.S.C. 7003(b).
