2007 Minnesota Statutes

525A.21 EFFECT OF ANATOMICAL GIFT ON HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVE.
    (a) In this section, "health care directive" has the meaning given in section 145C.01,
subdivision 5a.
(b) If a prospective donor has a health care directive and the terms of the declaration or
directive and the express or implied terms of a potential anatomical gift are in conflict with
regard to the administration of measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part for
transplantation or therapy, the prospective donor's attending physician and the prospective donor
shall confer to resolve the conflict. If the prospective donor is incapable of resolving the conflict,
an agent acting under the prospective donor's declaration or directive or, if there is none or the
agent is not reasonably available, another person authorized by a law other than this chapter to
make health care decisions on behalf of the prospective donor, shall act for the donor to resolve
the conflict. The conflict must be resolved as expeditiously as possible. Information relevant to
the resolution of the conflict may be obtained from the appropriate procurement organization and
any other person authorized to make an anatomical gift for the prospective donor under section
525A.09. Before resolution of the conflict, measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability
of the part may not be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor if withholding or
withdrawing the measures is not contraindicated by appropriate end-of-life care.
History: 2007 c 120 art 1 s 21