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NC Gen Stat § 130A-401 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-401 - Postmortem examinations in certain medical schools.

 130A-401. Postmortem examinations in certain medical schools.The postmortem examinations and studies authorized by G.S. 130A-399 may be made in the laboratories of medical schools of colleges and universities on conditions established by the administrator. (1943, c. 87, s. 2; 1983, c. 891, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.3 - Short title.

 130A-412.3. Short title.This Part may be cited as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.5 - Applicability.

 130A-412.5. Applicability.This act applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.6 - Who may make an anatomical gift before donor's death.

 130A-412.6. Who may make an anatomical gift before donor's death.Subject to G.S. 130A-412.10, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or body part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in G.S. 130A-412.7 by:(1) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is:a. Emancipated; orb. Authorized under State law to apply for a drivers license because the donor is at least 16 years of age;(2) An agent of the donor to the extent authorized under a power of attorney for health care or other record;(3) A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or(4) The donor's guardian. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.7 - Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.

 130A-412.7. Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift by any of the following methods:(1) By authorizing that a statement or symbol be imprinted on the donor's drivers license or identification card indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift. A donor who originally became a donor in another jurisdiction by this method and applies for a drivers license or identification card in this State is required to authorize that a statement or symbol be imprinted on the donor's drivers license or identification card issued in this State in order for the anatomical gift to be valid under this subdivision. Anatomical gifts made by this method shall not include a donation of the donor's body.(2) In a will.(3) During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.(4) As provided in subsection (b) of this section.(b) A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under G.S. 130A-412.6 may make a gift by a signed 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 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) Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a drivers license or identification card upon which an anatomical gift is indicated does not invalidate the gift.(c1) A statement or symbol on a drivers license or identification card issued in this State indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift shall remain on the donor's drivers license or identification card until the donor revokes consent to make an anatomical gift by requesting removal of the statement or symbol from the drivers license or identification card in the manner prescribed by the Division of Motor Vehicles.(d) An anatomical gift made by will takes effect upon the donor's death whether or not the will is probated. Invalidation of the will after the donor's death does not invalidate the gift.  (2007-538, s. 1; 2019-143, s. 1; 2021-32, ss. 1, 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|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; orc. 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.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.9 - Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal.

 130A-412.9. Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal.(a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or body part by:(1) A record signed by:a. The individual; orb. Subject to subsection (b) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign;(2) The individual's will, whether or not the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual's death; or(3) Any form of communication made by the individual during the individual's terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.(b) A record signed pursuant to sub-subdivision b. 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 individual; and(2) State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection.(c) An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke the refusal:(1) In the manner provided in subsection (a) of this section for making a refusal;(2) By subsequently making an anatomical gift pursuant to G.S. 130A-412.7 that is inconsistent with the refusal; or(3) By destroying or canceling the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.(d) Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 130A-412.10(h), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the individual set forth in the refusal, an individual's unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or body part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or body part. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.10 - Preclusive effect of an anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation.

 130A-412.10. Preclusive effect of an anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this section and subject to subsection (f) of this section, 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 body part if either of the following apply:(1) The donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or body part under G.S. 130A-412.7.(2) The donor made an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or body part under G.S. 130A-412.8.(b) A donor's revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or body part under G.S. 130A-412.8 is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in G.S. 130A-412.6 or G.S. 130A-412.11 from making an anatomical gift of the donor's body or body part under G.S. 130A-412.7 or G.S. 130A-412.12.(c) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor's body or body part under G.S. 130A-412.7 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or body part under G.S. 130A-412.8, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor's body or body part under G.S. 130A-412.12.(d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor's body or body part under G.S. 130A-412.8 by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or body part under G.S. 130A-412.7 or G.S. 130A-412.12.(e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under G.S. 130A-412.6, an anatomical gift of a body part is neither a refusal to give another body part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another body 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 G.S. 130A-412.6, an anatomical gift of a body part for one or more of the purposes set forth in G.S. 130A-412.6 is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the body part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person under G.S. 130A-412.7 or G.S. 130A-412.12.(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 body 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. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.11 - Who may make an anatomical gift of decedent's body or body part.

 130A-412.11. Who may make an anatomical gift of decedent's body or body part.(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, and unless barred by G.S. 130A-412.9 or G.S. 130A-412.10, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or body part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who is 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 G.S. 130A-412.6(2) 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) Adult grandchildren of the decedent;(7) Grandparents of the decedent;(8) An adult who exhibited special care and concern for the decedent;(9) The persons who were acting as the guardians of the person of the decedent at the time of death; and(10) Any other person having the authority to dispose of the decedent's body.(b) If there is more than one member of a class listed in subdivision (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 G.S. 130A-412.13 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) of this section is reasonably available to make or to object to the making of an anatomical gift. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.12 - Manner of making, amending, or revoking 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.(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under G.S. 130A-412.11 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) of this section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under G.S. 130A-412.11 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 member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under G.S. 130A-412.11 may be:(1) Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agrees to the amending of the gift; or(2) Revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agrees 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) of this section is effective only if, before an incision has been made to remove a body 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. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.14 - Search and notification.

 130A-412.14. Search and notification.A search of an individual who is reasonably believed to be dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal, and, if applicable, notification of the hospital to which the individual is taken, shall be governed by G.S. 90-602.  (2007-538, s. 1; 2008-153, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.15 - Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine.

 130A-412.15. Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine.(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 G.S. 130A-412.13. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.17 - Coordination of procurement and use.

 130A-412.17. Coordination of procurement and use.Each hospital in this State shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.18 - Sale or purchase of body parts prohibited.

 130A-412.18. Sale or purchase of body parts prohibited.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person, that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a body part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a body part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death commits a Class H felony and upon conviction may be fined up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each offense.(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a body part. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.19 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.19 - Other prohibited acts.

 130A-412.19. Other prohibited acts.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 Class H felony and upon conviction may be fined up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each offense. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.20 - Immunity.

 130A-412.20. Immunity.(a) A person that acts with due care in accordance with this Part or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, 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 Part, a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in subdivisions (2) through (8) of G.S. 130A-412.11(a) relating to the individual's relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.21 - Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.

 130A-412.21. Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:(1) This Part;(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 section, 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. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.22 - Donor registry.

 130A-412.22. Donor registry.The online Organ Donor Registry Internet site established pursuant to G.S. 20-43.2 shall be the State donor registry for anatomical gifts made pursuant to this Part. Requirements for maintenance and use of the State donor registry shall be as provided under G.S. 20-43.2. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.23 - Cooperation between a medical examiner and the procurement organization.

 130A-412.23. Cooperation between a medical examiner and the procurement organization.(a) The medical examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.(b) If a medical examiner 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 medical examiner and a postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the medical examiner denies recovery in accordance with G.S. 130A-412.24, the medical examiner or designee shall conduct a postmortem examination of the body or the body part in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.(c) A body part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a medical examiner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the body part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner 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 medical examiner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or body parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner.(d) As used in this section and G.S. 130A-412.24, "medical examiner" includes the Chief Medical Examiner, a county medical examiner, or a designee of either. (2007-538, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 130A-412.30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 130A - Public Health|Article 16 - Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.|§ 130A-412.30 - Use of tissue declared a service; standard of care; burden of proof.

 130A-412.30. Use of tissue declared a service; standard of care; burden of proof.The procurement, processing, distribution or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives and other human tissues such as corneas, bones or organs for the purpose of injecting, transfusing or transplanting any of them into the human body is declared to be, for all purposes, the rendition of a service by every participating person or institution. Whether or not any remuneration is paid, the service is declared not to be a sale of whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives or other human tissues, for any purpose. No person or institution shall be liable in warranty, express or implied, for the procurement, processing, distribution or use of these items but nothing in this section shall alter or restrict the liability of a person or institution in negligence or tort in consequence of these services. (1971, c. 836; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 2007-538, s. 3(a).)