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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
