Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 5250d

  • Adult: means an individual who is at least 18 years of age. See
  • Agent: means an individual:

  • Anatomical gift: means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Donor: means an individual whose body or part is the subject of an anatomical gift. See
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Minor: means an individual who is under 18 years of age. See
  • Nondriver identification card: means a nondriver identification card issued by the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to 23 V. See
  • Parent: means a parent whose parental rights have not been terminated. See
  • Part: means an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human being. See
  • 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
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U. See

§ 5250d. Who may make anatomical gift before donor‘s death

Subject to section 5250h of this title, 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 5250e of this title by:

(1) the donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is either:

(A) emancipated; or

(B) authorized under State law to apply for a driver’s license or nondriver identification card and is at least 16 years of age;

(2) an agent of the donor, unless the advance directive 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. (Added 2009, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)