311.1927 Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's

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body or part.

(1)A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under KRS 311.1925 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)of this section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized

under KRS 311.1925 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

(1)member

of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under

KRS 311.1925 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)of this section 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.