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TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 34

REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT

39-3413. Search and notification. (1) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person 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:

(a) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and

(b) If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual’s arrival at the hospital.

(2) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (1)(a) of this section 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.

(3) 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.

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TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 34

REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT

39-3413. Search and notification. (1) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person 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:

(a) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and

(b) If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual’s arrival at the hospital.

(2) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (1)(a) of this section 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.

(3) 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.

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TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 34

REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT

39-3413. Search and notification. (1) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person 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:

(a) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and

(b) If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual’s arrival at the hospital.

(2) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (1)(a) of this section 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.

(3) 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.