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Kansas Statutes 65-3229 - Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part

Kansas Statutes > Chapter 65 > Article 32 > § 65-3229 - Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part


Current as of: 2009

(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 65-3228, and amendments thereto, 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 K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 65-3228, and amendments thereto, 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 K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 65-3228, and amendments thereto, 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.

      History:   L. 2007, ch. 127, ยง 10; July 1.


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