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IN Code § 29-2-16.1-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|29-2-16.1-7. Persons Prohibited From Making, Amending, or Revoking an Anatomical Gift; Donor Revocation of an Anatomical Gift; Unemancipated Minors

Sec. 7. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) and subject to subsection (f), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 4 of this chapter or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 5 of this chapter.(b) A donor's revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 5 of this chapter is not a refusal and does not bar the person specified in section 3 or 8 of this chapter from making an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 4 or 9 of this chapter.(c) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 4 of this chapter or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 5 of this chapter, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor's body or part under section 9 of this chapter.(d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part under section 5 of this chapter by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under section 4 or 9 of this chapter.(e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 3 of this chapter, an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.(f) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 3 of this chapter, an anatomical gift of a part for one (1) or more of the purposes set forth in section 3 of this chapter is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes of the donor or any other person under section 4 or 9 of this chapter.(g) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.(h) If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a parent of the minor who is reasonably available may revoke the minor's refusal.As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.3-2008, SEC.226.
IN Code § 29-2-16.1-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|29-2-16.1-8. Priority of Persons Authorized to Make an Anatomical Gift of a Decedent's Body or Part

Sec. 8. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), unless barred by section 6 or 7 of this chapter, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who are reasonably available, in the order of priority listed:(1) An agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have made an anatomical gift under section 3(2) of this chapter immediately before the decedent's death.(2) The spouse of the decedent.(3) Adult children of the decedent.(4) Parents of the decedent.(5) Adult siblings of the decedent.(6) A guardian appointed by a court under IC 29-3-5-3.(7) Adult grandchildren of the decedent.(8) Grandparents of the decedent.(9) An adult who exhibited special care and concern for the decedent.(10) Any other person having the authority to dispose of the decedent's body.(b) If there is more than one (1) member of a class listed in subsection (a)(1), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), or (a)(8) 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 whom the gift may pass under section 10 of this chapter 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.(c) A person may not make an anatomical gift if, at the time of the decedent's death, a person in a prior class under subsection (a) is reasonably available to make or to object to the making of an anatomical gift.As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.26-2021, SEC.5.
IN Code § 29-2-16.1-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|29-2-16.1-9. Anatomical Gift Documents; Amendments; Revocations

Sec. 9. (a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 8 of this chapter may make an anatomical gift by a document or may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by 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.(b) Subject to subsection (c), an anatomical gift by a person authorized under section 8 of this chapter may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. If more than one (1) member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under section 8 of this chapter may be:(1) amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the gift; or(2) revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of the gift or if they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.(c) A revocation under subsection (b) is effective only if, 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, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the revocation.As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12.
IN Code § 29-2-16.1-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|29-2-16.1-11. Searches for Documents of Gift or Refusal

Sec. 11. (a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death in a hospital for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:(1) An organ procurement organization.(2) A tissue bank.(3) An eye bank.(4) If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (a) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.(c) A person is not subject to civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to criminal liability or administrative sanctions.As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12.
IN Code § 29-2-16.1-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|29-2-16.1-12. Petitions to Determine Anatomical Gift or Revocation of Anatomical Gift

Sec. 12. (a) The individual's attending physician, or, if none, the:(1) physician that certifies the individual's death;(2) hospital where the individual is admitted;(3) hospital where the individual's remains are being kept; or(4) individual identified in section 8(a) of this chapter;may petition a court with probate jurisdiction in the county where the remains of the individual who is the subject of the petition are located, or the county in which the individual died, for the information referred to in subsection (b).(b) A person identified in subsection (a) may petition the court with probate jurisdiction specified in subsection (a) to determine whether the individual:(1) made a written anatomical gift under section 4 of this chapter or IC 9-24-17; or(2) made a written revocation of an anatomical gift under section 5 of this chapter or under IC 9-24-17.(c) If the court with probate jurisdiction determines under subsection (b) that the individual made a written anatomical gift that was not subsequently revoked in writing by the individual, the court shall order that the anatomical gift of an organ, tissue, or an eye be recovered.(d) The court with probate jurisdiction may modify or waive notice and a hearing if the court determines that a delay would have a serious adverse effect on:(1) the medical viability of the individual; or(2) the viability of the individual's anatomical gift of an organ, tissue, or an eye.As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12.
IN Code § 29-2-16.1-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|29-2-16.1-13. Organ or Tissue Donor Queries for Hospital Patients

Sec. 13. (a) As used in this section:(1) "Administrator" means a hospital administrator or a hospital administrator's designee.(2) "Gift" means a gift of all or any part of the human body made under this chapter.(3) "Representative" means a person who is:(A) authorized under section 8 of this chapter to make a gift on behalf of a decedent; and(B) available at the time of the decedent's death when members of a prior class under section 8 of this chapter are unavailable.(b) An administrator of each hospital or the administrator's designee may ask each patient who is at least eighteen (18) years of age if the patient is an organ or a tissue donor or if the patient desires to become an organ or a tissue donor.(c) The governing board of each hospital shall adopt procedures to determine under what circumstances an administrator or an administrator's designee may ask a patient if the patient is an organ or a tissue donor or if the patient desires to become an organ or a tissue donor.(d) The administrator shall inform the representative of the procedures available under this chapter for making a gift whenever:(1) an individual dies in a hospital;(2) the hospital has not been notified that a gift has been authorized under section 4 of this chapter; and(3) a procurement organization determines that the individual's body may be suitable of yielding a gift.(e) If:(1) an individual makes an anatomical gift on the individual's driver's license or identification card under IC 9-24-17; and(2) the individual dies in a hospital;the person in possession of the individual's driver's license or identification card shall immediately produce the driver's license or identification card for examination upon request, as provided in section 10(l) of this chapter.(f) A gift made in response to information provided under this section must be signed by the donor or made by the donor's telegraphic, recorded telephonic, or other recorded message.(g) When a representative is informed under this section about the procedures available for making a gift, the fact that the representative was so informed must be noted in the decedent's medical record.(h) A person who fails to discharge the duties imposed by this section is not subject to civil liability but may be subject to criminal liability or administrative sanctions.As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.1-2010, SEC.114.
IN Code § 29-2-16.1-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|29-2-16.1-14. Documents of Gift

Sec. 14. (a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.(b) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to which the gift could pass under section 10 of this chapter.As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12.
IN Code § 29-2-16.1-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|29-2-16.1-16. Hospital Agreements With Procurement Organizations

Sec. 16. Each hospital in Indiana shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12.
IN Code § 29-2-16.1-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|29-2-16.1-17. Liability; Immunity

Sec. 17. (a) A person who acts in accordance with this chapter is not liable for the act in a civil action or administrative proceeding.(b) Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor's estate is liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.(c) In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked under this chapter, a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in section 8(a)(2), 8(a)(3), 8(a)(4), 8(a)(5), 8(a)(7), 8(a)(8), or 8(a)(9) of this chapter relating to the individual's relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.(d) A health care provider is immune from civil liability for following a donor's unrevoked anatomical gift directive under this chapter or IC 9-24-17.(e) A hospital or a recovery agency is immune from civil liability for determining in good faith and in compliance with this section that:(1) an individual made a written anatomical gift; or(2) an individual subsequently made a written revocation of an anatomical gift.(f) A person who, in good faith reliance upon a will, card, or other document of gift, and without actual notice of the amendment, revocation, or invalidity of the will, card, or document:(1) takes possession of a decedent's body or performs or causes to be performed surgical operations upon a decedent's body; or(2) removes or causes to be removed organs, tissues, or other parts from a decedent's body;is not liable in damages in any civil action brought against the donor for that act.As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.26-2021, SEC.6.
IN Code § 29-2-16.1-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|29-2-16.1-18. Validity of a Document of Gift

Sec. 18. (a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:(1) this chapter;(2) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or(3) the laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.(b) If a document of gift is valid under this chapter, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.(c) A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12.
IN Code § 29-2-16.1-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|29-2-16.1-19. Bmv and Dnr Cooperation With Donor Registries; Donor Registry Duties; Personal Information on Donor Registries

Sec. 19. (a) The bureau of motor vehicles and the department of natural resources shall cooperate with a person that administers any donor registry that this state establishes, contracts for, or recognizes for the purpose of transferring to the donor registry all relevant information regarding a donor's making, amendment to, or revocation of an anatomical gift.(b) A donor registry must:(1) allow a donor or other person authorized under section 4 of this chapter to include on the donor registry a statement or symbol that the donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift;(2) be accessible to a procurement organization and to coroners to allow it to obtain relevant information on the donor registry to determine, at or near death of the donor or a prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift; and(3) be accessible for purposes of subdivisions (1) and (2) seven (7) days a week on a twenty-four (24) hour basis.(c) Personally identifiable information on a donor registry about a donor or prospective donor may not be used or disclosed without the express consent of the donor, prospective donor, or person that made the anatomical gift for any purpose other than to determine, at or near death of the donor or prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift.(d) This section does not prohibit any person from creating or maintaining a donor registry that is not established by or under contract with the state. Any such registry must comply with subsections (b) and (c).As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.11-2020, SEC.4.
IN Code § 29-2-16.1-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|29-2-16.1-20. Declarations and Advance Health Care Directives; Procurement Organizations

Sec. 20. (a) As used in this section:(1) "Advance health care directive" means a power of attorney for health care or a record signed by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor's direction concerning a health care decision for the prospective donor.(2) "Declaration" means a record signed by a prospective donor specifying the circumstances under which a life support system may be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor.(3) "Health care decision" means any decision made regarding the health care of the prospective donor.(b) If a prospective donor has a declaration or advance health care directive, unless the directive expressly states the contrary, hospitals must use measures necessary to allow a procurement agency to determine the medical suitability of an organ for transplantation or therapy by insuring that life support is not withdrawn from the prospective donor before consultation with the appropriate procurement agency to determine medical potential for donation. The procurement organization shall make every effort to determine donor potential within approximately two (2) hours from the time the procurement organization is contacted by the hospital. A hospital may, in accordance with a donor's declaration or advance health care directive, withdraw life support from the prospective donor if the procurement organization has not made a determination of donor potential within six (6) hours from the time the procurement organization is contacted by the hospital.As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12.
IN Code § 29-2-16.1-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 16.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|29-2-16.1-21. Coroner Cooperation With Procurement Organizations; Postmortem Examinations; Removal of a Part of Organ From a Decedent

Sec. 21. (a) A coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, education, or training.(b) If a coroner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner and a postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the coroner denies recovery in accordance with IC 36-2-14-22.6(f), the coroner or designee shall, when practicable, conduct a postmortem examination of the body or the part in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift. If a coroner conducts a postmortem examination outside of a compatible period, the coroner must document why examination occurred outside of a compatible period. It is considered sufficient documentation if the coroner documents that additional time was necessary to conduct an adequate medicolegal examination.(c) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a coroner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner may not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This subsection does not preclude a coroner or pathologist from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner or from using the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner for the purposes of research, education, or training required by the coroner or pathologist.As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12.
IN Code § 29-2-18-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 18. Platting of Certain Property|29-2-18-1. Platting; Town Lots

Sec. 1. Whenever any lands are ordered by any court to be sold, on the application of any guardian, executor or administrator, the court ordering such sale may, in their discretion, authorize such guardian, executor or administrator, previous to such sale, to lay out such lands, or a portion thereof, in town lots, and to make the necessary dedication to public use of streets, alleys and squares therein; but before any sale of such lots shall take place, and before a plat of such lots, streets, alleys and squares shall be recorded in the recorder's office─the same, with a plat thereof, shall be reported to such court for approval or rejection. If confirmed by the court, such plat shall be recorded as other plats of like nature are recorded, and shall have the same validity in law as if made by a legal proprietor of such lands who is eighteen (18) years of age or over.Formerly: Acts 1853, c.49, s.1; Acts 1973, P.L.287, SEC.15.
IN Code § 29-2-18-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 18. Platting of Certain Property|29-2-18-2. Land Not for Sale

Sec. 2. Whenever it shall be manifestly to the interest of a protected person, the court may, under the restrictions provided in section 1 of this chapter, authorize the guardian of the protected person to lay out any portion of the estate in the manner and with the legal effect provided in section 1, as though the land was not designed for sale.Formerly: Acts 1853, c.49, s.2. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.171, SEC.85; P.L.33-1989, SEC.55.
IN Code § 29-2-19-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 19. Funeral Planning Declaration|29-2-19-1. "Declarant"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "declarant" means an individual who signs a funeral planning declaration executed under this chapter.As added by P.L.143-2009, SEC.14.
IN Code § 29-2-19-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 19. Funeral Planning Declaration|29-2-19-2. "Declaration"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "declaration" means a funeral planning declaration executed under this chapter.As added by P.L.143-2009, SEC.14.
IN Code § 29-2-19-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 19. Funeral Planning Declaration|29-2-19-3. "Designee"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "designee" means an individual directed by the terms of a declaration to:(1) carry out the funeral plan of the declarant as set forth in the declaration; or(2) make any arrangements concerning the disposition of the declarant's remains, funeral services, merchandise, and ceremonies that are delegated to the designee in the declaration.As added by P.L.143-2009, SEC.14.