Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2200.9A: Persons authorized to make anatomical gift of
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decedent's body or part.
A. Subject to subsections B and C of this section and unless
barred by Section 7 or 8 of this act, an anatomical gift of a
decedent’s body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy,
research, or education may be made by any member of the following
classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the order of
priority listed:
1. An agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have
made an anatomical gift under paragraph 2 of Section 4 of this act
immediately before the decedent’s death;
2. The spouse of the decedent;
3. Adult children of the decedent;
4. Parents of the decedent;
5. Adult siblings of the decedent;
6. Adult grandchildren of the decedent;
7. Grandparents of the decedent;
8. An adult who exhibited special care and concern for the
decedent;
9. The persons who were acting as the guardians of the person
of the decedent at the time of death; and
10. Any other person having the authority to dispose of the
decedent’s body.
B. If there is more than one member of a class listed in
paragraph 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 9 of subsection A of this section
entitled to make an anatomical gift, an anatomical gift may be made
by a member of the class unless that member or a person to whom the
gift may pass under Section 11 of this act knows of an objection by
another member of the class. If an objection is known, the gift may
be made only by a majority of the members of the class who are
reasonably available.
C. A person may not make an anatomical gift if, at the time of
the decedent’s death, a person in a prior class under subsection A
of this section is reasonably available to make or to object to the
making of an anatomical gift.
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