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71-4831. Preclusive effect of anatomical gift,amendment, or revocation.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of thissection and subject to subsection (f) of this section, in the absence of anexpress, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor isbarred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor'sbody or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or partunder section 71-4828 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor'sbody or part under section 71-4829.(b) A donor'srevocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 71-4829 is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in section 71-4827 or 71-4832 from making an anatomical gift of the donor's body or partunder section 71-4828 or 71-4833.(c) If a person other than the donor hasmade an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 71-4828 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or partunder section 71-4829, another person who is not the donor may not make, amend,or revoke the gift of the donor's body or part under section 71-4833.(d) A revocationof an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part under section 71-4829 by aperson other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomicalgift of the body or part under section 71-4828 or 71-4833.(e) In theabsence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorizedto make an anatomical gift under section 71-4827, an anatomical gift of apart is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the makingof an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or anotherperson.(f) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donoror other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 71-4827,an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth insection 71-4827 is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift ofthe part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person undersection 71-4828 or 71-4833.(g) If a donor who is an unemancipatedminor dies, a parent of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke oramend an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.(h) If an unemancipatedminor who signed a refusal dies, a parent of the minor who is reasonably availablemay revoke the minor's refusal. SourceLaws 2010, LB1036, § 8.Operative Date: January 1, 2011