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Timestamp: 2020-07-12 03:30:55
Document Index: 23730791

Matched Legal Cases: ['§2944', '§2945', '§2946', '§2949', 'art\n1', '§2', '§2950', 'art\n1']

Maine Anatomical Gift Act Law – Uniform Acts
Maine Anatomical Gift Act Law
Uniform Anatomical Gift – General – Maine
§2944. 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 section 2945 by:
A. An emancipated minor; or
B. Authorized under state law to apply for a driver’s license because the donor is at least 16 years of age;
§2945. Manner of making anatomical gift before donor’s death
A. By authorizing inclusion in the donor registry;
B. In a will; or
C. During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at least 2 other individuals who are at least 18 years of age, one of whom is a disinterested witness.
A. Be witnessed by at least 2 other individuals who are at least 18 years of age, one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and
B. State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in paragraph A.
§2946. Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor’s death
(3) Subject to subsection 2, 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
B. 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.
2. Individual acting at donor’s or authorized person’s direction. A record signed pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph A, subparagraph (3) must:
§2949. Who may make anatomical gift of decedent’s body or part
1. Gift by members of class; priority. Subject to subsections 2 and 3 and unless barred by subsection 4, an anatomical gift of a decedent’s body or part for purposes of transplantation, therapy, research or education may be made, in the order of priority listed, by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available:
A. An agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have made an anatomical gift under section 2944, subsection 2 immediately before the decedent’s death;
B. The spouse of the decedent;
C. The registered domestic partner of the decedent;
D. Adult children of the decedent;
E. Parents of the decedent;
F. Adult siblings of the decedent;
G. Adult grandchildren of the decedent;
H. Grandparents of the decedent;
I. An adult who exhibited special care and concern for the decedent who is familiar with the decedent’s personal values; [2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
J. The person or persons acting as the guardian of the person of the decedent at the time of death; and
K. Any other person having the authority to dispose of the decedent’s body.
3. Member of prior class reasonably available. No person may make an anatomical gift if, at the time of the decedent’s death, a person in a prior class under subsection 1 is reasonably available to make or to object to the making of an anatomical gift.
§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.
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.
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