Sec. 10112.
(1) As soon as practical after any necessary medical intervention or treatment, each of 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:
(a) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, other emergency rescuer finding the individual, or medical examiner or his or her designee.
(b) If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.
(2) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (1)(a) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall immediately send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital for documentation.
(3) 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.
History: Add. 2008, Act 39, Eff. May 1, 2008 Popular Name: Act 368Popular Name: Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 368 of 1978 - Public Health Code (333.1101 - 333.25211)
Article 10 - Anatomical Gifts and Disposition of Human Body Parts (333.10101...333.11101)
368-1978-10-101 - Part 101 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Law (333.10101...333.10123)
Section 333.10101 - Short Title of Part.
Section 333.10102 - Definitions.
Section 333.10102a - Repealed. 2008, Act 39, Eff. May 1, 2008.
Section 333.10103 - Applicability of Part to Anatomical Gift.
Section 333.10104 - Anatomical Gift of Donor's Body or Body Part; Purpose; Persons Making Gift.
Section 333.10106 - Amendment or Revocation of Anatomical Gift; Means.
Section 333.10107 - Refusal to Make Anatomical Gift; Means.
Section 333.10113 - Document of Gift; Delivery; Examination and Copying.
Section 333.10115 - Hospital Agreements or Affiliations With Procurement Organizations.
Section 333.10118 - Good Faith Acts.
Section 333.10119 - Validity of Document of Gift; Execution; Presumption.
Section 333.10122 - Uniformity of Law Among States.
Section 333.10123 - Electronic Signatures or Electronic Delivery of Notices.