§16-19-14. 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 Division of Motor Vehicles and any donor registry it knows of for the geographical area in which the individual resides to ascertain whether the individual has made an […]
§16-19-15. Coordination of Procurement and Use
Each hospital licensed in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordinating procurement and use of anatomical gifts.
§16-19-16. Prohibited Acts; Sale or Purchase of Parts Prohibited
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person who knowingly buys or sells, for valuable consideration, a part for transplantation or therapy is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $50 or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a term of not more […]
§16-19-17. Immunity
(a) A person, including a medical examiner, who acts in accordance with this article or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution or administrative proceeding. (b) Neither the person making an anatomical gift […]
§16-19-18. Law Governing Validity; Choice of Law as to Execution of Document of Gift; Presumption of Validity
(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (1) This article;
§16-19-19. Donor Registry
(a) The Division of Motor Vehicles may establish or contract for the establishment of a donor registry. (b) The Division of Motor Vehicles shall cooperate with a person that administers any donor registry established or contracted for pursuant to this section or recognized for the purpose of transferring to the donor registry all relevant information […]
§16-19-20. Effect of Anatomical Gift on Advance Health-Care Directive
(a) In this section: (1) "Advance health-care directive" means a medical power of attorney or a record signed or authorized by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor's direction concerning a health-care decision for the prospective donor.
§16-19-21. Cooperation Between Medical Examiner and Procurement Organization
(a) A medical examiner shall cooperate with a procurement organization to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education. (b) If a medical examiner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift was or might have been made with respect to a decedent whose body […]
§16-19-22. Facilitation of Anatomical Gift From Decedent Whose Body Is Under Jurisdiction of Medical Examiner
(a) The medical examiner shall, upon request of a procurement organization, release to the procurement organization the name, contact information, and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is in the custody of the medical examiner. If the decedents body or part is medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, the […]
§16-19-23. 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. Section 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section […]