Indiana Code
Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
29-2-16.1-6. Refusal of Anatomical Gifts

Sec. 6. (a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by:
(1) a record signed by:
(A) the individual; or
(B) subject to subsection (b), another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign;
(2) the individual's will, including if the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual's death; or
(3) any form of communication made by the individual during the individual's terminal illness or injury to at least two (2) adults, and one (1) of the adults must be a disinterested witness.
(b) A record signed under subsection (a)(1)(B) must:
(1) be witnessed by two (2) adults, at least one (1) of whom is a disinterested witness, who are witnesses at the request of the donor or the other person acting at the direction of the donor; and
(2) state that the record has been signed and witnessed as described in subdivision (1).
(c) An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke the refusal:
(1) in the manner described in subsection (a);
(2) by subsequently making an anatomical gift under section 4 of this chapter that is inconsistent with the refusal; or
(3) by destroying or cancelling the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.
(d) Except as provided in section 7(h) of this chapter, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the individual set forth in the refusal, an individual's unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part bars another person from making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part.
As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12.

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Indiana Code

Title 29. Probate

Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions

Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

29-2-16.1-1. Definitions

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

29-2-16.1-7. Persons Prohibited From Making, Amending, or Revoking an Anatomical Gift; Donor Revocation of an Anatomical Gift; Unemancipated Minors

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

29-2-16.1-10. Anatomical Gift Recipients; Unnamed Recipients; Anatomical Gift Uses; Rules; Delivery of Anatomical Gift Documents; Amendment; Revocation

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

29-2-16.1-15. Hospital Referrals to Procurement Organizations; Record Searches; Examination of Medical Suitability; Rights of Person to Whom a Part Passes

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

29-2-16.1-19. Bmv, Pla, and Dnr Cooperation With Donor Registries; Requirements of Registry; Personally Identifiable Information

29-2-16.1-20. Declarations and Advance Health Care Directives; Procurement Organizations

29-2-16.1-21. Coroner Cooperation With Procurement Organizations; Postmortem Examinations; Removal of a Part of Organ From a Decedent