Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                        CHAPTER 123-H.F.No. 683 
           An act relating to probate; allowing a minor to be a 
          donor for purposes of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1984, sections 525.922, 
          subdivision 1; and 525.924, by adding a subdivision. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 525.922, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  Any individual of sound mind and 18 years 
of age or more, or any minor, with written consent of both 
parents, a legal guardian, or the parent or parents with legal 
custody may give all or any part of his the individual's body 
for any purpose specified in section 525.923, the gift to take 
effect upon death.  
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 525.924, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 2a.  A gift of all or part of the body under section 
525.922, subdivision 1, may be made by a minor, in a document 
other than a will.  The gift becomes effective upon the death of 
the donor.  The document, which may be a card designed to be 
carried on the person, must:  (1) be signed by the minor donor 
and both of the minor donor's parents, a legal guardian, or the 
parent or parents with legal custody; (2) give the minor donor's 
date of birth; (3) give the address of the minor donor; and (4) 
contain the following words:  "In hope that I may help others to 
live, I hereby make this anatomical gift, if medically 
acceptable, to take effect upon my death.  I give (organ name) 
for the purpose of transplantation."  If the minor cannot sign, 
the card may not be signed for the minor.  Delivery of the gift 
document during the minor donor's lifetime is not necessary to 
make the gift valid. 
    Approved May 15, 1985