§ 130A-412.12 – Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or body part.
130A-412.12. Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent’s body or body part. (a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under G.S. 130A-412.11 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 […]
§ 130A-412.13 – Persons that may receive anatomical gift; purpose of anatomical gift.
130A-412.13. Persons that may receive anatomical gift; purpose of anatomical gift. (a) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (1) A hospital; accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university; organ procurement organization; or other appropriate person, including the Commission on Anatomy, for research or education; […]
§ 130A-412.14 – Search and notification.
130A-412.14. Search and notification. A search of an individual who is reasonably believed to be 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, and, if applicable, notification of the hospital to which the individual is taken, shall […]
§ 130A-412.15 – Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine.
130A-412.15. 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 […]
§ 130A-400 – Written consent for postmortem examinations required.
130A-400. Written consent for postmortem examinations required. An administrator of an institution shall not authorize a postmortem examination described in G.S. 130A-399 without first securing the written consent of the deceased person’s spouse, one of the next-of-kin or nearest known relative, or other person charged by law with the duty of burial, in the order […]
§ 130A-383 – Medical examiner jurisdiction.
130A-383. Medical examiner jurisdiction. (a) Upon the death of any person resulting from violence, poisoning, accident, suicide or homicide; occurring suddenly when the deceased had been in apparent good health or when unattended by a physician; occurring in a jail, prison, correctional institution or in police custody; occurring in State facilities operated in accordance with […]
§ 130A-401 – Postmortem examinations in certain medical schools.
130A-401. Postmortem examinations in certain medical schools. The postmortem examinations and studies authorized by G.S. 130A-399 may be made in the laboratories of medical schools of colleges and universities on conditions established by the administrator. (1943, c. 87, s. 2; 1983, c. 891, s. 2.)
§ 130A-384 – Notification concerning out-of-state body.
130A-384. Notification concerning out-of-state body. When a body is brought into this State for disposal and there is reason to believe either that the death was not investigated properly or that there is not an adequate certificate of death, the body shall be reported to a medical examiner in the county where the body resides […]
§ 130A-412.3 – Short title.
130A-412.3. Short title. This Part may be cited as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. (2007-538, s. 1.)
§ 130A-385 – Duties of medical examiner upon receipt of notice; reports; copies.
130A-385. Duties of medical examiner upon receipt of notice; reports; copies. (a) Upon receipt of a notification under G.S. 130A-383, the medical examiner shall take charge of the body, make inquiries regarding the cause and manner of death, reduce the findings to writing and promptly make a full report to the Chief Medical Examiner on […]