142C.5A  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, fire fighter, paramedic, or
 other emergency rescuer finding the individual.
 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, paragraph "a",
 and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken
 to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall
 deliver 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.
         Section History: Recent Form

 2007 Acts, ch 44, §7