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Timestamp: 2020-07-12 03:28:09
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District of Columbia Anatomical Gift Law – Uniform Acts
District of Columbia Anatomical Gift Law
Uniform Anatomical Gift – General – District of Columbia
7-1531.03 Who may make anatomical gift before donor’s death.
An anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in § 7-1531.04 by:
(B) Authorized under state law to apply for a driver’s license because the donor is at least 16 years of age;
§ 7–1531.04. Manner of making anatomical gift before donor’s death.
(3) During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at least 2 adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness; or
A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 7-1531.03 may make a gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor or other person making the gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift be included on a donor registry. If the donor or other person is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the donor or other person and shall:
(1) Be witnessed by at least 2 adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and
§ 7–1531.05. Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor’s death.
A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 7-1531.03 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by:
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 a later-executed document of gift, including a driver’s license or identification card, that amends or revokes a previous anatomical gift or portion of an anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency.
A record signed pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(C) of this section shall:
A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 7-1531.03 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.
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 2 adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.
§ 7–1531.06. Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal.
§ 7–1531.08. Who may make anatomical gift of decedent’s body or part.
(1) An agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have made an anatomical gift under § 7-1531.03(2) immediately before the decedent’s death;
(2) The spouse or domestic partner of the decedent;
(4) (A) Parents of the decedent; or
(B) If, at the time of death, there was a guardian of the decedent under a guardianship order under § 16-2389, the guardian, unless the order specifies otherwise;
If there is more than one member of a class listed in subsection (a)(1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (9) of this section entitled to make an anatomical gift, an anatomical gift may be made by a member of the class unless that member or a person to which the gift may pass under § 7-1531.10 knows of an objection by another member of the class. If an objection is known, the gift may be made only by a majority of the members of the class who are reasonably available.
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