(a) ORS 97.951 to 97.982;
(b) The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or
(c) The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, had a place of residence or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.
(2) If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.
(3) A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked. [2007 c.681 ยง16]
Note: See note under 97.951.
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate
Chapter 097 - Rights and Duties Relating to Cemeteries, Human Bodies and Anatomical Gift
Section 97.020 - Exemption of certain organizations and cemeteries from certain sections of chapter.
Section 97.082 - Consent for certain autopsies; form.
Section 97.130 - Right to control disposition of remains; delegation.
Section 97.150 - Disposition of cremated remains; procedures; notice; limitations on liability.
Section 97.153 - Diagnostic or therapeutic radioisotopes in body.
Section 97.170 - Disposition of unclaimed body of deceased person; rules.
Section 97.200 - Disposition of remains after use.
Section 97.220 - Disinterment.
Section 97.440 - Removal of dedication.
Section 97.450 - Discontinuance of cemetery and removal of remains and markers.
Section 97.460 - Requirements for establishment of cemetery or burial park.
Section 97.510 - Sale and conveyance of plots by cemetery authority.
Section 97.570 - Spouse has vested right of interment.
Section 97.630 - Family plots; order of occupation.
Section 97.665 - Revenues; restrictions on uses of revenue.
Section 97.670 - Selling land unsuited for burials.
Section 97.680 - Recording plan; power to improve and regulate grounds.
Section 97.710 - Power of cemetery authority to make rules and regulations.
Section 97.720 - Record of interments, cremations and reductions; inspection.
Section 97.725 - Disposal of unclaimed burial spaces; notice; form of notice; claims.
Section 97.740 - Definitions for ORS 97.740 to 97.760.
Section 97.745 - Prohibited acts; application; notice.
Section 97.750 - Permitted acts; notice.
Section 97.772 - Definition of "historic cemetery."
Section 97.774 - Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries; terms.
Section 97.776 - Commission members; nominations.
Section 97.778 - Chairperson; quorum; meetings.
Section 97.782 - Listing of historic cemeteries; form.
Section 97.784 - Executive secretary; support services.
Section 97.810 - Endowment care and nonendowed care cemeteries.
Section 97.813 - Standards of care for and public access to endowment care cemeteries; rules.
Section 97.823 - Prohibitions related to endowment care cemeteries.
Section 97.825 - Suits to enforce endowed care statutes; attorney fees.
Section 97.846 - Agreements for care.
Section 97.852 - Receivership of endowment care cemetery.
Section 97.865 - Application of ORS 97.810 to 97.865 to religious, county and city cemeteries.
Section 97.870 - Unused and uncared for portions of cemetery declared common nuisances.
Section 97.923 - Definitions for ORS 97.923 to 97.949.
Section 97.926 - Rulemaking authority.
Section 97.927 - Applicability of ORS 97.923 to 97.949.
Section 97.928 - Prohibitions.
Section 97.929 - Exceptions to ORS 97.923 to 97.949.
Section 97.935 - Registration of master trustees; annual reports; rules; annual audits; fees.
Section 97.936 - Emergency orders of suspension or restriction.
Section 97.937 - Deposit of trust funds made by endowment care cemeteries.
Section 97.939 - Prearrangement or preconstruction sales contracts; contents; delivery.
Section 97.941 - Prearrangement or preconstruction trust fund deposits.
Section 97.942 - Appointment of receiver; criteria.
Section 97.943 - Distributions from prearrangement trust fund deposits.
Section 97.944 - Distributions from preconstruction trust fund deposits.
Section 97.945 - Funeral and Cemetery Consumer Protection Trust Fund; fee; rules; maximum balance.
Section 97.946 - Advertising and marketing prohibitions.
Section 97.953 - Definitions for ORS 97.951 to 97.982.
Section 97.955 - Purpose of anatomical gift; persons authorized to make gift.
Section 97.957 - Methods of making anatomical gift before death of donor.
Section 97.959 - Revocation or amendment of anatomical gift by donor or agent or guardian of donor.
Section 97.961 - Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal.
Section 97.963 - Effect of making, amending or revoking anatomical gift.
Section 97.965 - Persons authorized to make anatomical gift of body or body part of decedent.
Section 97.969 - Authorized recipients of anatomical gifts; purposes for which gift may be used.
Section 97.971 - Delivery of document of gift or refusal not required; right to examine.
Section 97.972 - Rights and duties of procurement organizations and others; authorized examinations.
Section 97.973 - Coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.
Section 97.974 - Immunity of persons acting in accordance with ORS 97.951 to 97.982.
Section 97.976 - Law governing validity of document of gift; presumption of validity.
Section 97.978 - Resolution of conflict between potential anatomical gift and advance directive.
Section 97.979 - Cooperation between medical examiner and procurement organization.
Section 97.981 - Purchase or sale of body parts prohibited.
Section 97.982 - Alteration of document of anatomical gift prohibited.
Section 97.983 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Section 97.985 - Transplants not covered by implied warranty.
Section 97.987 - Department of Transportation use of federal moneys for cemetery care.
Section 97.992 - Penalties for ORS 97.937.
Section 97.994 - Penalties for ORS 97.931, 97.933, 97.941 and 97.943.