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MO Rev Stat § 194.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.220 - Registry to be established — gift may be made by whom.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.220. Registry to be established — gift may be made by whom. — 1. (1) The department of health and senior services shall establish or contract for the establishment of a first person consent organ and tissue donor registry.  (2) The department of health and senior services and the department of revenue shall advise the individual that he or she is under no obligation to have his or her name included in the first person consent organ and tissue donor registry.  (3) An individual who agrees to have his or her name in the first person consent organ and tissue donor registry has given full legal consent to the donation of any of his or her organs or tissues upon his or her death as recorded in the registry or as subject in subsection 2 of this section.  (4) An individual may withdraw his or her consent to be listed in the first person consent organ and tissue donor registry as indicated in this section. The department of health and senior services and the department of revenue shall provide information to an individual advising them that withdrawal of his or her consent to be listed in the registry does not constitute a refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part, and that his or her agent or any person listed in section 194.245 having priority to make an anatomical gift on behalf of the individual may make a gift of the individual's body or part.  (5) The department of health and senior services and the department of revenue shall provide information advising the individual that if he or she wants to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of his or her body or part, the individual must execute a refusal under section 194.235.  2. Subject to section 194.240, 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 194.225 by:  (1) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is:  (a) Emancipated; or  (b) Authorized under state law to apply for a driver's license;  (2) An agent of the donor, unless the power of attorney for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;  (3) A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or  (4) The donor's guardian. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 43 § 2, A.L. 1989 H.B. 145, A.L. 1996 H.B. 811, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1026 § 194.220 merged with § 1, A.L. 2003 S.B. 351 merged with S.B. 355, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 194.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.230 - Amendment or revocation, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.230. Amendment or revocation, procedure. — 1. Subject to section 194.240, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 194.220 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by:  (1) A record signed by:  (a) The donor;  (b) The other person; or  (c) Subject to subsection 2 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.  2. A record signed under paragraph (c) of subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section shall:  (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.  3. Subject to section 194.240, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 194.220 may revoke the gift by the destruction or cancellation of the document of gift, or a portion of the document of gift used to make the gift, with the intent to revoke the gift.  4. 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.  5. 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 1 of this section. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 43 § 3, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1026, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 194.235 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.235 - Refusal to make a gift, evidenced how, requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.235. Refusal to make a gift, evidenced how, requirements. — 1. 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 subsection 2 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.  2. A record signed under paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section shall:  (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.  3. An individual may amend or revoke a refusal:  (1) In the manner provided in subsection 1 of this section for making a refusal;  (2) By subsequently making an anatomical gift under section 194.225 that is inconsistent with the refusal; or  (3) By the destroying or cancelling of the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.  4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8 of section 194.240, 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 a part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or the part. ­­-------- (L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 194.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.240 - Person other than donor barred from making, amending, or revoking donor's gift — revocation not a bar to making a gift — parent may revoke or amend a gift of a child.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.240. Person other than donor barred from making, amending, or revoking donor's gift — revocation not a bar to making a gift — parent may revoke or amend a gift of a child. — 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7 of this section and subject to subsection 6 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 a part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or the part under section 194.225 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or the part under section 194.230.  2. A donor's revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or a part under section 194.230 is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in section 194.220 or 194.245 from making an anatomical gift of the donor's body or a part under section 194.225 or 194.250.  3. If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 194.225 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 194.230, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor's body or part under section 194.250.  4. A revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or a part under section 194.230 by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or a part under section 194.225 or 194.250.  5. In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 194.220, 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.  6. In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 194.220, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more purposes set forth in section 194.220 is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any other purpose by the donor or other person under section 194.225 or 194.250.  7. If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent or guardian of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 43 § 4, A.L. 1975 H.B. 107, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1492, A.L. 1991 S.B. 177, A.L. 1995 H.B. 178, A.L. 1996 H.B. 811, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 194.245 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.245 - Gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, priority list for persons making.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.245. Gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, priority list for persons making. — 1. Subject to subsections 2 and 3 of this section and unless barred by section 194.235 or 194.240, 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, 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 subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of section 194.220 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) The persons who were acting as the guardian of the person of the decedent at the time of death; and  (9) Any other public official having the authority to dispose of the decedent's body.  2. If there is more than one member of a class listed in subdivision (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (9) of subsection 1 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 can pass under section 194.255 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.  3. 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 1 of this section is reasonably available to make or to object to the making of an anatomical gift. ­­-------- (L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 194.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.250 - Document of gift, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.250. Document of gift, procedure. — 1. A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 194.245 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.  2. Subject to subsection 3 of this section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under section 194.245 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 section 194.245 may be:  (1) Amended only if a majority of reasonably available members agree to the revoking 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.  3. A revocation under subsection 2 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. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 43 § 5, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 194.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.260 - Reasonable search to identify donors — immunity from liability, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.260. Reasonable search to identify donors — immunity from liability, when. — 1. 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, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and  (2) If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.  2. If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subdivision (1) of subsection 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.  3. 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. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 43 § 6, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 194.263 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.263 - Delivery of document of gift not required — examination and copying of document permitted, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.263. Delivery of document of gift not required — examination and copying of document permitted, when. — 1. A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.  2. 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 194.255. ­­-------- (L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 194.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.270 - Hospitals to enter into agreements with procurement organizations.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.270. Hospitals to enter into agreements with procurement organizations. — Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 43 § 7, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1139)  (2004) Determination of good faith under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act is a question of law which can be addressed on summary judgment. Schembre v. Mid-America Transplant Association, 135 S.W.3d 527 (Mo.App.E.D.).
MO Rev Stat § 194.275 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.275 - Purchase or sale of body parts for valuable consideration prohibited — penalty — definition.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.275. Purchase or sale of body parts for valuable consideration prohibited — penalty — definition. — 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of this section, a person that for valuable consideration knowingly purchases or sells a part for any purpose if removal of the whole body or a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death commits a felony and upon pleading or being found guilty is subject to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding seven years, or both.  2. For purposes of this section, the term "valuable consideration" does not include the reasonable payments associated with the removal, transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, and storage of any part or a whole body. ­­-------- (L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 194.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.280 - Falsification of documents, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.280. Falsification of documents, penalty. — Any person that in order to obtain a financial gain knowingly falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal commits a felony and upon pleading or being found guilty is subject to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding seven years, or both. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 43 § 8, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 194.285 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.285 - Immunity from liability, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.285. Immunity from liability, when. — 1. A person that acts in accordance with sections 194.210 to 194.294 or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state that is not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 194.210 to 194.294 or attempts without negligence and in good faith to do so is not liable for the act in any civil action, criminal, or administrative proceeding.  2. 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.  3. In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked under sections 194.210 to 194.294, a person may rely upon representations of individuals listed in subdivision (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) of subsection 1 of section 194.245 relating to the individual's relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that representation is untrue. ­­-------- (L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 194.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.290 - Declarations and advance health care directives — definitions — gift in conflict with, donor or physician to resolve.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.290. Declarations and advance health care directives — definitions — gift in conflict with, donor or physician to resolve. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:  (1) "Advance health-care directive", a power of attorney for health care or a record signed or authorized by a prospective donor, containing the prospective donor's direction concerning a health-care decision for the prospective donor;  (2) "Declaration", a record, including but not limited to a living will, or a do-not-resuscitate order, signed by a prospective donor specifying the circumstances under which a life support system may be withheld or withdrawn;  (3) "Health-care decision", any decision regarding the health care of the prospective donor.  2. If a prospective donor has a declaration or advance health-care directive and the terms of the declaration or directive and the express or implied 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 to make health-care decisions on behalf of the prospective donor shall act for the donor to resolve the conflict. The conflict must 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 section 194.245. Before the resolution of the conflict, measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of an organ for transplantation or therapy may not be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor if withholding or withdrawing the measures is not contraindicated by appropriate end-of-life care. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 43 § 9, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 194.292 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.292 - Requirements for valid execution of a document of gift — presumption of validity, when — requirements for out-of-state execution of documents.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.292. Requirements for valid execution of a document of gift — presumption of validity, when — requirements for out-of-state execution of documents. — 1. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:  (1) Sections 194.210 to 194.294;  (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.  2. If a document of gift is valid as provided by subsection 1 of this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.  3. 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.  4. For purposes of this section, for a document of gift from another state or country to be valid it must be executed by a record, document, or donor registry that expresses the informed consent of a person to make an anatomical gift. ­­-------- (L. 2008 S.B. 1139)
MO Rev Stat § 194.293 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.293 - Uniformity of law a consideration in construing statutory provisions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.293. Uniformity of law a consideration in construing statutory provisions. — In applying and construing sections 194.216* to 194.290, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. ­­-------- (L. 2008 S.B. 1139)  *Section 194.216 does not exist.