Utah Code > Title 26 > Chapter 28 > § 26-28-110 - Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part
Current as of: 2010
(1) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 26-28-109 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.
(2) Subject to Subsection (3), an anatomical gift by a person authorized under Section 26-28-109 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 26-28-109 may be:
(a) amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the gift; or
(b) 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) 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.
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See also:Federal Regulations: Anatomical Gifts
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