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Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.10112: Search for document of gift or other information; persons required to make search; document to be sent to hospital for documentation; failure to discharge duties; administrative sanctions.

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  1. MI Code
  2. Chapter 333
  3. Act Act-368-of-1978

Sec. 10112.

(1) As soon as practical after any necessary medical intervention or treatment, each of 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, other emergency rescuer finding the individual, or medical examiner or his or her designee.

(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) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall immediately send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital for documentation.

(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.

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