KRS 311.1951: Cooperation among medical examiner, coroner, and tissue procurement

organizations.

(1) A medical examiner, coroner, and organ and tissue procurement organizations shall

cooperate with each other to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts

for the purpose of transplantation and therapy.

(2) If a medical examiner or coroner receives notice from a procurement organization

that an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent

whose body is under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner or coroner and a

postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the medical examiner or

coroner denies recovery in accordance with KRS 311.1953, the medical examiner or

coroner or designee shall conduct, when practicable, a po stmortem examination of

the body or the part in a manner and within a period compatible with its

preservation for the purposes of the gift.

(3) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a

medical examiner or coroner fo r transplantation and therapy unless the part is the

subject of an anatomical gift of organs or tissues for transplantation.