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



(b)  If a medical examiner or coroner receives
notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be
available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under the
jurisdiction of the medical examiner or coroner and a post-mortem examination
is going to be performed, unless the medical examiner or coroner denies
recovery in accordance with section 327-23, the medical examiner or coroner or
designee shall make a reasonable attempt to conduct a post-mortem examination
of the body or the body part in a manner and within a period compatible with
its preservation for the purposes of the gift.



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