North Carolina General Statutes
Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.
§ 130A-412.8 - Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.

130A-412.8. Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.
(a) Subject to G.S. 130A-412.10, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under G.S. 130A-412.6 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by:
(1) A record signed by:
a. The donor;
b. The other person; or
c. Subject to subsection (b) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the donor or the other person if the donor or other person is physically unable to sign; or
(2) A later-executed document of gift that amends or revokes a previous anatomical gift or portion of an anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency.
(b) A record signed pursuant to sub-subdivision c. of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section must:
(1) Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and
(2) State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(c) Subject to G.S. 130A-412.10, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under G.S. 130A-412.6 may revoke an anatomical gift by the destruction or cancellation of the document of gift, or the portion of the document of gift used to make the gift, with the intent to revoke the gift.
(d) A donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was not made in a will by any form of communication during a terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.
(e) A donor who makes an anatomical gift in a will may amend or revoke the gift in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in subsection (a) of this section. (2007-538, s. 1.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 130A - Public Health

Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.

§ 130A-377 - Establishment and maintenance of central and district offices.

§ 130A-378 - Qualifications and appointment of the Chief Medical Examiner.

§ 130A-379 - Duties of the Chief Medical Examiner.

§ 130A-380 - The Chief Medical Examiner's staff.

§ 130A-381 - Additional services and facilities.

§ 130A-382 - County medical examiners; appointment; term of office; vacancies; training requirements; revocation for cause.

§ 130A-383 - Medical examiner jurisdiction.

§ 130A-384 - Notification concerning out-of-state body.

§ 130A-385 - Duties of medical examiner upon receipt of notice; reports; copies.

§ 130A-386 - Subpoena authority.

§ 130A-387 - Fees.

§ 130A-388 - Medical examiner's permission necessary before embalming, burial and cremation.

§ 130A-389 - Autopsies.

§ 130A-389.1 - Photographs and video or audio recordings made pursuant to autopsy.

§ 130A-390 - Exhumations.

§ 130A-392 - Reports and records as evidence.

§ 130A-393 - Rules.

§ 130A-394 - Coroner to hold inquests.

§ 130A-395 - Handling and transportation of bodies.

§ 130A-398 - Limitation on right to perform autopsy.

§ 130A-399 - Postmortem examination of inmates of certain public institutions.

§ 130A-400 - Written consent for postmortem examinations required.

§ 130A-401 - Postmortem examinations in certain medical schools.

§ 130A-412.3 - Short title.

§ 130A-412.4 - Definitions.

§ 130A-412.5 - Applicability.

§ 130A-412.6 - Who may make an anatomical gift before donor's death.

§ 130A-412.7 - Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.

§ 130A-412.8 - Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.

§ 130A-412.9 - Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal.

§ 130A-412.10 - Preclusive effect of an anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation.

§ 130A-412.11 - Who may make an anatomical gift of decedent's body or body part.

§ 130A-412.12 - Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or body part.

§ 130A-412.13 - Persons that may receive anatomical gift; purpose of anatomical gift.

§ 130A-412.14 - Search and notification.

§ 130A-412.15 - Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine.

§ 130A-412.16 - Rights and duties of procurement organization and others.

§ 130A-412.17 - Coordination of procurement and use.

§ 130A-412.18 - Sale or purchase of body parts prohibited.

§ 130A-412.19 - Other prohibited acts.

§ 130A-412.20 - Immunity.

§ 130A-412.21 - Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.

§ 130A-412.22 - Donor registry.

§ 130A-412.23 - Cooperation between a medical examiner and the procurement organization.

§ 130A-412.24 - Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of a medical examiner.

§ 130A-412.30 - Use of tissue declared a service; standard of care; burden of proof.

§ 130A-412.31 - Giving of blood by persons 16 years of age or more.

§ 130A-412.32 - Duty of hospitals to establish organ procurement protocols.

§ 130A-412.33 - Duty of designated organ procurement organizations and tissue banks.

§ 130A-413 - Coordinated human tissue donation program; legislative findings and purpose; program established.

§ 130A-414.1 - Legislative findings and declaration of policy.

§ 130A-414.2 - Definitions.

§ 130A-414.3 - Organ transplant discrimination on the basis of disability prohibited.

§ 130A-414.10 - Enforcement.

§ 130A-415 - Unclaimed bodies; bodies claimed by the Lifeguardianship Council of The Arc of North Carolina, Inc.; disposition.

§ 130A-416 - Commission of Anatomy rules.

§ 130A-417 - Definitions.

§ 130A-418 - Deceased migrant agricultural workers and their dependents.

§ 130A-420 - Authority to dispose of body or body parts.

§ 130A-421 - Parental consent to disposition of fetal remains.