Subject to section gift, amendment, or revocation” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2019″ statecd=”HI”>327-8, an anatomical gift of a donor‘s body or body part may be made during the life of the donor for transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in section 327-5 by:

(1) The donor, if the donor is at least eighteen years of age or is under eighteen years of age and is:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-4

  • Agent: means an individual:

    (1) Authorized to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care; or

    (2) Expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other record signed by the principal. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Anatomical gift: means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purposes of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
  • Body part: means an eye or other organ, or tissue of a human being. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Donor: means an individual whose body or body part is the subject of an anatomical gift. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Parent: means a parent whose parental rights have not been terminated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
(A) An emancipated minor, as deemed pursuant to § 577-25; or
(B) Authorized under a state law to apply for a driver’s license under part VI of chapter 286;
(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 under eighteen years of age and not emancipated; or
(4) The donor’s guardian.

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