Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT
22 §2950. Manner of making, amending or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part

§2950. Manner of making, amending or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part
1.  Authorized person: document; oral communication.  A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 2949 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or 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.  
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
2.  Amendment or revocation by prior class member.  Subject to subsection 3, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under section 2949 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 may be amended or revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members object to the amending or revoking of the gift or they are equally divided as to whether to amend or revoke an anatomical gift.  
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
3.  Revocation effective if known.  A revocation under subsection 2 is effective only if the procurement organization or transplant hospital or the physician or technician knows of the revocation 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.  
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
4.  Requesting consent.  Consent for an anatomical gift by a recovery agency under section 2949 must be documented in writing or, if secured in a telephone conversation, in a suitable recording, must disclose in plain language the specific tissue, organ or body part being donated and the purpose for which the anatomical gift will be used and must comply in all respects with rules regarding consent requirements for anatomical gifting adopted by the department pursuant to subsection 5.  
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
5.  Rulemaking.  The department, after consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, shall adopt rules to implement this section. The rules must provide specific requirements for all recovery agencies, require federally recognized recovery agencies to demonstrate compliance with applicable federal standards governing consent to anatomical gifts and require all other recovery agencies that do not operate under federal regulation to demonstrate adherence to the consent requirements of this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.  
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).

Structure Maine Revised Statutes

Maine Revised Statutes

TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE

Subtitle 2: HEALTH

Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

Chapter 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT

22 §2941. Short title

22 §2942. Definitions

22 §2943. Applicability

22 §2944. Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death

22 §2945. Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death

22 §2946. Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death

22 §2947. Refusal to make anatomical gift and effect of refusal

22 §2948. Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation

22 §2949. Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part

22 §2950. Manner of making, amending or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part

22 §2951. Persons that may receive anatomical gift; purpose of anatomical gift

22 §2952. Search and notification

22 §2953. Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine

22 §2954. Rights and duties of procurement organization and others

22 §2955. Coordination of procurement and use

22 §2956. Immunity

22 §2957. Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity

22 §2958. Donor registry

22 §2959. Honoring decision of donors

22 §2960. Cooperation between Chief Medical Examiner and procurement organization

22 §2961. Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent in Chief Medical Examiner cases

22 §2962. Registration of recovery agencies

22 §2963. Uniformity of application and construction

22 §2964. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

22 §2965. Effective date