(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 22-19-168 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.
(b) Subject to subsection (c), an anatomical gift by a person authorized under Section 22-19-168 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under Section 22-19-168 may be:
(1) amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the gift; or
(2) revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of the gift or if they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
(c) A revocation under subsection (b) is effective only if, before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician, surgeon, surgeon's assistant, certified procurement transplant coordinator (certified by the Alabama Organ Center), tissue recovery technician (certified by the Alabama Organ Center), or technician certified by the Eye Bank after completing training according to the medical standards of the Eye Bank Association of America to carry out the appropriate procedures knows of the revocation.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Article 9 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
Section 22-19-160 - Short Title.
Section 22-19-161 - Definitions.
Section 22-19-162 - Applicability.
Section 22-19-163 - Who May Make Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death.
Section 22-19-164 - Manner of Making Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death.
Section 22-19-165 - Amending or Revoking Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death.
Section 22-19-166 - Refusal to Make Anatomical Gift; Effect of Refusal.
Section 22-19-167 - Preclusive Effect of Anatomical Gift, Amendment, or Revocation.
Section 22-19-168 - Who May Make Anatomical Gift of Decedent's Body or Part.
Section 22-19-170 - Persons That May Receive Anatomical Gift; Purpose of Anatomical Gift.
Section 22-19-171 - Search and Notification.
Section 22-19-172 - Delivery of Document of Gift Not Required; Right to Examine.
Section 22-19-173 - Rights and Duties of Procurement Organization and Others.
Section 22-19-174 - Coordination of Procurement and Use.
Section 22-19-175 - Sale or Purchase of Parts Prohibited.
Section 22-19-176 - Other Prohibited Acts.
Section 22-19-179 - Donor Registry.
Section 22-19-180 - Effect of Anatomical Gift on Advance Health Care Directive.
Section 22-19-181 - Cooperation Between Coroner, Medical Examiner, and Procurement Organization.
Section 22-19-183 - Uniformity of Application and Construction.
Section 22-19-184 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.