other person was made, amended, or revoked, it promptly shall advise the other person of all relevant information. (H) Subject to Sections 4443350(I) and 4443405, the rights of the person to which a part passes under Section 4443350 are superior to the rights of all others with respect to the part. The person may accept or reject an anatomical gift in whole or in part. Subject to the terms of the document of gift and this article, a person that accepts an anatomical gift of an entire body may allow embalming, burial or cremation, and use of remains in a funeral service. If the gift is of a part, the person to which the part passes under Section 4443350, upon the death of the donor and before embalming, burial, or cremation, shall cause the part to be removed without unnecessary mutilation. (I) Neither the physician who attends the decedent at death nor the physician who determines the time of the death may decedent’s participate in the procedures for removing or transplanting a part from the decedent. (J) A physician or technician may remove a donated part from the body of a donor that the physician or technician is qualified to remove. Section 4443370. Each hospital in this State shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts. Section 4443375. (A) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (B), a person that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual’s death commits a felony and upon conviction must be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (B) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part. Section 4443380. A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal commits a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
other person was made, amended, or revoked, it promptly shall advise the other person of all relevant information. (H) Subject to Sections 4443350(I) and 4443405, the rights of the person to which a part passes under Section 4443350 are superior to the rights of all others with respect to the part. The person may accept or reject an anatomical gift in whole or in part. Subject to the terms of the document of gift and this article, a person that accepts an anatomical gift of an entire body may allow embalming, burial or cremation, and use of remains in a funeral service. If the gift is of a part, the person to which the part passes under Section 4443350, upon the death of the donor and before embalming, burial, or cremation, shall cause the part to be removed without unnecessary mutilation. (I) Neither the physician who attends the decedent at death nor the physician who determines the time of the decedent’s death may participate in the procedures for removing or transplanting a part from the decedent. (J) A physician or technician may remove a donated part from the body of a donor that the physician or technician is qualified to remove. Section 4443370. Each hospital in this State shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts. Section 4443375. (A) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (B), a person that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual’s death commits a felony and upon conviction must be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (B) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part. Section 4443380. A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal commits a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
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