Sec. 18. (a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:
(1) this chapter;
(2) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or
(3) the laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.
(b) If a document of gift is valid under this chapter, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.
(c) 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of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.
As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
29-2-16.1-2. Chapter Application
29-2-16.1-3. Persons Who May Make Anatomical Gifts During the Lifetime of a Donor
29-2-16.1-4. Methods of Making Anatomical Gifts
29-2-16.1-5. Amendment or Revocation of Anatomical Gifts
29-2-16.1-6. Refusal of Anatomical Gifts
29-2-16.1-8. Priority of Persons Authorized to Make an Anatomical Gift of a Decedent's Body or Part
29-2-16.1-9. Anatomical Gift Documents; Amendments; Revocations
29-2-16.1-11. Searches for Documents of Gift or Refusal
29-2-16.1-12. Petitions to Determine Anatomical Gift or Revocation of Anatomical Gift
29-2-16.1-13. Organ or Tissue Donor Queries for Hospital Patients
29-2-16.1-14. Documents of Gift
29-2-16.1-16. Hospital Agreements With Procurement Organizations
29-2-16.1-17. Liability; Immunity
29-2-16.1-18. Validity of a Document of Gift
29-2-16.1-20. Declarations and Advance Health Care Directives; Procurement Organizations