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525A.10 MANNER OF MAKING, AMENDING, OR REVOKING ANATOMICAL GIFT
OF DECEDENT'S BODY OR PART.
(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 525A.09 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 is contemporaneously reduced to a record
and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.
(b) Subject to paragraph (c), an anatomical gift by a person authorized under section
525A.09 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is
reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift
made by a person authorized under section 525A.09 may be:
(1) amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of
the gift; or
(2) revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of
the gift or if they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
(c) A revocation under paragraph (b) is effective only if, before an incision has been made to
remove a part from the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the
recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of
the revocation.
History: 2007 c 120 art 1 s 10
OF DECEDENT'S BODY OR PART.
(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 525A.09 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 is contemporaneously reduced to a record
and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.
(b) Subject to paragraph (c), an anatomical gift by a person authorized under section
525A.09 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is
reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift
made by a person authorized under section 525A.09 may be:
(1) amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of
the gift; or
(2) revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of
the gift or if they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
(c) A revocation under paragraph (b) is effective only if, before an incision has been made to
remove a part from the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the
recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of
the revocation.
History: 2007 c 120 art 1 s 10
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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