(a) 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:
(1) a law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and
(2) if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.
(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (a)(1) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.
(c) 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.
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.