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§ 32.1-291.10. Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift ofdecedent's body or part.

A. A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 32.1-291.9 may makean anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the giftor by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or iscontemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receivingthe oral communication.

B. Subject to subsection C, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under §32.1-291.9 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of aprior class who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the priorclass is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under §32.1-291.9 may be:

1. Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree tothe amending of the gift; or

2. Revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree tothe revoking of the gift.

C. A revocation under subsection B is effective only if, before an incisionhas been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasiveprocedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization,transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the revocation.

(2007, cc. 92, 907.)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Virginia > Title-32-1 > Chapter-8 > 32-1-291-10

§ 32.1-291.10. Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift ofdecedent's body or part.

A. A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 32.1-291.9 may makean anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the giftor by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or iscontemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receivingthe oral communication.

B. Subject to subsection C, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under §32.1-291.9 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of aprior class who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the priorclass is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under §32.1-291.9 may be:

1. Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree tothe amending of the gift; or

2. Revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree tothe revoking of the gift.

C. A revocation under subsection B is effective only if, before an incisionhas been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasiveprocedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization,transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the revocation.

(2007, cc. 92, 907.)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Virginia > Title-32-1 > Chapter-8 > 32-1-291-10

§ 32.1-291.10. Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift ofdecedent's body or part.

A. A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 32.1-291.9 may makean anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the giftor by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or iscontemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receivingthe oral communication.

B. Subject to subsection C, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under §32.1-291.9 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of aprior class who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the priorclass is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under §32.1-291.9 may be:

1. Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree tothe amending of the gift; or

2. Revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree tothe revoking of the gift.

C. A revocation under subsection B is effective only if, before an incisionhas been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasiveprocedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization,transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the revocation.

(2007, cc. 92, 907.)