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525A.12 SEARCH AND NOTIFICATION.
(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, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the
individual; and
(2) if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as
practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.
(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search
required by paragraph (a), clause (1), and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates
is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document
of gift or refusal to the hospital. If a body is transferred to the custody of the medical examiner,
the first responder must notify the first responder's dispatcher. A dispatcher notified under this
section must notify the state's federally designated organ procurement organization and inform the
organization of the deceased's name, donor status, and location.
(c) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties
imposed by this section.
History: 2007 c 120 art 1 s 12
(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, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the
individual; and
(2) if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as
practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.
(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search
required by paragraph (a), clause (1), and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates
is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document
of gift or refusal to the hospital. If a body is transferred to the custody of the medical examiner,
the first responder must notify the first responder's dispatcher. A dispatcher notified under this
section must notify the state's federally designated organ procurement organization and inform the
organization of the deceased's name, donor status, and location.
(c) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties
imposed by this section.
History: 2007 c 120 art 1 s 12
NOTE:This chapter, as added by Laws 2007, chapter 120, article 1, sections 1 to 25, is effective April 1, 2008. Laws 2007, chapter 120, article 2, section 5. The present Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, sections 525.921 to 525.9224, is repealed by Laws 2007, chapter 120, article 1, section 26, effective April 1, 2008. Laws 2007, chapter 120, article 2, section 5.
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