[§327-12]  Search and notification.  (a) 
The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the
searcher 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 subsection (a)(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.



(c)  A person is not subject to criminal or
civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but
may be subject to administrative sanctions. [L 2008, c 122, pt of §1]