311.1931 Search and notification.
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(1)The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the
person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other
information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a
refusal:
(a)A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer
finding the individual; and
(b)If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as
soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.
(2)If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search
required by subsection (1)(a) of this section, and the individual or deceased
individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for
conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.
(3)A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties
imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.