[§327-22]  Cooperation between medicalexaminer or coroner and procurement organization.  (a)  A medical examineror coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize theopportunity to recover anatomical gifts for transplantation, therapy, research,or education.

(b)  If a medical examiner or coroner receivesnotice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might beavailable or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under thejurisdiction of the medical examiner or coroner and a post-mortem examinationis going to be performed, unless the medical examiner or coroner deniesrecovery in accordance with section 327-23, the medical examiner or coroner ordesignee shall make a reasonable attempt to conduct a post-mortem examinationof the body or the body part in a manner and within a period compatible withits preservation for the purposes of the gift.

(c)  A body part may not be removed from thebody of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a medical examiner or coroner fortransplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the body part is thesubject of an anatomical gift.  The body of a decedent under the jurisdictionof the medical examiner or coroner may not be delivered to a person forresearch or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This subsection shall not preclude a medical examiner or coroner fromperforming the medicolegal investigation upon the body or body parts of adecedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner or coroner. [L 2008, c122, pt of §1]