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

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  1. KRS Chapter 311

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 authorize d

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 whet her 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 o rganization,

transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the revocation.

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