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AK Stat § 13.52.183 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.183. Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.

(a) Except in the case of mental illness under AS 13.52.020(c), and subject to AS 13.52.193, a donor or another person authorized to make an anatomical gift under AS 13.52.173 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by (1) a record signed by (A) the donor; (B) the other person; or (C) subject to (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 under (a)(1)(C) 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 (1) of this subsection. (c) Subject to AS 13.52.193, a donor or another person authorized to make an anatomical gift under AS 13.52.173 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 condition 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 (a) of this section.
AK Stat § 13.52.187 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.187. Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal.

(a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by (1) a record signed by (A) the individual; or (B) subject to (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 condition addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness. (b) A record signed under (a)(1)(B) 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 (1) of this subsection. (c) An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke the refusal (1) in the manner provided in (a) of this section for making a refusal; (2) by subsequently making an anatomical gift under AS 13.52.177 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 AS 13.52.193(h), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the individual set out in the refusal, an individual's unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part.
AK Stat § 13.52.193 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.193. Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in (g) of this section and subject to (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 part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under AS 13.52.177 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under AS 13.52.183. (b) A donor's revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under AS 13.52.183 is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in AS 13.52.173 or 13.52.197 from making an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under AS 13.52.177 or 13.52.203. (c) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under AS 13.52.177 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under AS 13.52.183, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor's body or part under AS 13.52.203. (d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part under AS 13.52.183 by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under AS 13.52.177 or 13.52.203. (e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or another person authorized to make an anatomical gift under AS 13.52.173, an anatomical gift of a part is not a refusal to give another part or 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 another person authorized to make an anatomical gift under AS 13.52.173, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set out in AS 13.52.173 is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person under AS 13.52.177 or 13.52.203. (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.
AK Stat § 13.52.197 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.197. Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.

(a) Subject to (b) and (c) of this section and unless barred by AS 13.52.187 or 13.52.193, 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 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 AS 13.52.173(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 (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 whom the gift may pass under AS 13.52.207 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 (a) of this section is reasonably available to make or to object to the making of an anatomical gift.
AK Stat § 13.52.203 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.203. Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 13.52.020, a person authorized to make an anatomical gift under AS 13.52.197 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 (c) of this section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under AS 13.52.197 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 AS 13.52.197 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) Notwithstanding AS 13.52.020, a revocation under (b) of this section 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.
AK Stat § 13.52.213 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.213. Search and notification.

(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is 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: (1) a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, a paramedic, or another emergency rescuer finding the individual; and (2) if another source of the information is not 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 (a)(1) of this section 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) Except as provided by AS 13.52.080 and 13.52.090, a person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.
AK Stat § 13.52.217 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.217. 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) On 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 whom the gift could pass under AS 13.52.207.
AK Stat § 13.52.227 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.227. Coordination of procurement and use.

A hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.
AK Stat § 13.52.233 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.233. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited; charges allowed.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in (b) of this section, a person who, 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 class C felony. (b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.
AK Stat § 13.52.243 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.243. Immunity.

(a) Except as provided by AS 13.52.080 and 13.52.090, a person who acts under AS 13.52.173 - 13.52.268 or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to act under AS 13.52.173 - 13.52.268 or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, is not liable for the act in a civil action, a criminal prosecution, or an administrative proceeding. (b) Except as provided by AS 13.52.080 and 13.52.090, a person making an anatomical gift and the donor's estate are not 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 AS 13.52.173 - 13.52.268, a person may rely on representations of an individual listed in AS 13.52.197(a)(2) - (8) relating to the individual's relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.
AK Stat § 13.52.247 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.247. Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 13.52.010(k), a document of gift is valid if executed under (1) AS 13.52.173 - 13.52.268; (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.
AK Stat § 13.52.253 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.253. Effect of anatomical gift on advance health care directive.

Except as provided by AS 13.52.055, if a prospective donor has an advance health care directive, and the terms of the directive and the express terms of a potential anatomical gift are in conflict with regard to the administration of measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part for transplantation or therapy, the prospective donor's attending physician and prospective donor shall confer to resolve the conflict. If the prospective donor is incapable of resolving the conflict, an agent acting under the prospective donor's declaration or directive, or, if none or the agent is not reasonably available, another person authorized by law other than AS 13.52.173 - 13.52.268 to make health care decisions on behalf of the prospective donor, shall act for the donor to resolve the conflict. The conflict shall be resolved as expeditiously as possible. Information relevant to the resolution of the conflict may be obtained from the appropriate procurement organization and any other person authorized to make an anatomical gift for the prospective donor under AS 13.52.173 - 13.52.268. Before resolution of the conflict, measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the part may not be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor unless withholding or withdrawing the measures conflicts with appropriate end-of-life care.
AK Stat § 13.52.255 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.255. Cooperation between coroner, state medical examiner, and procurement organization.

(a) A coroner and a state 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 coroner or a state 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 coroner or state medical examiner and a postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the coroner or state medical examiner denies recovery under AS 13.52.257, the coroner, the state medical examiner, or a designee shall 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. (c) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a coroner or a state medical examiner 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 or state 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 coroner or the state medical examiner from performing the medicolegal investigation on the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner or state medical examiner.
AK Stat § 13.52.263 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.263. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

AS 13.52.173 - 13.52.267 modify, limit, and supersede 15 U.S.C. 7001 - 7031 (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act), except that AS 13.52.173 - 13.52.267 do not modify, limit or supersede 15 U.S.C. 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in 15 U.S.C. 7003(b).
AK Stat § 13.52.267 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.267. Uniformity of application and construction.

In applying and construing AS 13.52.173 - 13.52.263, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
AK Stat § 13.52.275 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.275. Construction where mental illness.

In the case of mental illness, nothing in this chapter may be construed to override or undermine the validity of a properly executed durable power of attorney for health care.
AK Stat § 13.52.290 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.290. Severability.

If a provision of this chapter, or the application of this chapter to a person or circumstance is held invalid, including being held unconstitutional, the invalidity does not affect the other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
AK Stat § 13.52.395 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.395. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the Health Care Decisions Act.
AK Stat § 13.55.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 55. Voluntary Nonopioid Directive Act|Sec. 13.55.010. Nonopioid directive; revocation; other requirements.

(a) An individual who is 18 years of age or older or an emancipated minor, a parent or legal guardian of a minor, or an individual's guardian or other person appointed by the individual or a court to manage the individual's health care may execute a voluntary nonopioid directive stating that an opioid may not be administered or prescribed to the individual or the minor. The directive must be in a format prescribed by the department and available in an electronic format. (b) The commissioner of health and social services shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter. The regulations must (1) include verification by a health care provider and comply with the written consent requirements under 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2(b); (2) provide standard procedures for an individual, a parent or legal guardian of a minor, or an individual's guardian or other person appointed by the individual or a court to manage the individual's health care to submit a voluntary nonopioid directive to a health care provider or hospital; (3) include appropriate exemptions for emergency medical personnel; (4) ensure the confidentiality of a voluntary nonopioid directive; (5) ensure exemptions for an opioid used for treatment of substance abuse or opioid dependence. (c) An individual who is 18 years of age or older or an emancipated minor, a parent or legal guardian of a minor, or an individual's guardian or other person appointed by the individual or a court to manage the individual's health care may revoke a voluntary nonopioid directive at any time in writing or orally. (d) An individual, a parent or legal guardian of a minor, or an individual's guardian or other person appointed by the individual or a court to manage the individual's health care may submit a voluntary nonopioid directive to a health care provider or a hospital.
AK Stat § 13.55.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 55. Voluntary Nonopioid Directive Act|Sec. 13.55.020. Obligations of health care providers and hospitals.

A health care provider, a hospital, or an employee of a health care provider or hospital may not be subject to disciplinary action by the health care provider's or the employee's professional licensing board or held civilly or criminally liable for failure to administer, prescribe, or dispense an opioid, or for inadvertent administration of an opioid, to an individual or a minor who has a voluntary nonopioid directive.
AK Stat § 13.55.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 55. Voluntary Nonopioid Directive Act|Sec. 13.55.030. Prescriptions presumed valid.

A prescription presented to a pharmacy is presumed to be valid, and a pharmacist may not be subject to disciplinary action by the pharmacist's professional licensing board or held civilly or criminally liable for dispensing an opioid in contradiction to an individual's or a minor's voluntary nonopioid directive.
AK Stat § 13.55.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 55. Voluntary Nonopioid Directive Act|Sec. 13.55.040. Effect of this chapter.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to (1) alter an advance health care directive under AS 13.52 (Health Care Decisions Act); (2) limit the prescribing, dispensing, or administering of an opioid overdose drug; (3) limit an authorized health care provider or pharmacist from prescribing, dispensing, or administering an opioid for the treatment of substance abuse or opioid dependence.