2007 Minnesota Statutes

525A.06 AMENDING OR REVOKING ANATOMICAL GIFT BEFORE DONOR'S
DEATH.
(a) Subject to section 525A.08, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical
gift under section 525A.04 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by:
(1) a record signed by:
(i) the donor;
(ii) the other person; or
(iii) subject to paragraph (b), another individual acting at the direction of the donor or the
other person if the donor or other person is physically unable to sign; or
(2) a later-executed document of gift that amends or revokes a previous anatomical gift or
portion of an anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency.
(b) A record signed pursuant to paragraph (a), clause (1), item (iii), must:
(1) be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who
have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and
(2) state that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in clause (1).
(c) Subject to section 525A.08, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical
gift under section 525A.04 may revoke an anatomical gift by the destruction or cancellation of the
document of gift, or the portion of the document of gift used to make the gift, with the intent to
revoke the gift.
(d) A donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was not made in a will by any
form of communication during a terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at
least one of whom is a disinterested witness.
(e) A donor who makes an anatomical gift in a will may amend or revoke the gift in the
manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in paragraph (a).
History: 2007 c 120 art 1 s 6