North Carolina General Statutes 130A-412.10. Preclusive effect of an anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this section and subject to subsection (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 body part if either of the following apply:
(1) The donor made an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or body part under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.7
(2) The donor made an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or body part under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.8
(b) A donor’s revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or body part under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.8 is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.6 or N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.11 from making an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or body part under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.7 or N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.12
(c) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor’s body or body part under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.7 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or body part under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.8, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor’s body or body part under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.12
(d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or body part under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.8 by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or body part under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.7 or N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.12
(e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.6, an anatomical gift of a body part is neither a refusal to give another body part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another body part at a later time by the donor or another person.
(f) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.6, an anatomical gift of a body part for one or more of the purposes set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.6 is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the body part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.7 or N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.12
(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 body 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. (2007-538, s. 1.)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 130A-412.10
- 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.
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.