26-28-110 - Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.
26-28-110. Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent'sbody or part.
(1) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 26-28-109 may makean anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person'soral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a recordand signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.
(2) Subject to Subsection (3), an anatomical gift by a person authorized under Section26-28-109 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class whois reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior class is reasonably available, thegift made by a person authorized under Section 26-28-109 may be:
(a) amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to theamending of the gift; or
(b) revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revokingof the gift or if they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
(3) A revocation under Subsection (2) is effective only if, before an incision has beenmade to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun toprepare the recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician ortechnician knows of the revocation.
Enacted by Chapter 60, 2007 General Session