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Utah Code § 26B-8-309: Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.

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  1. Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code
  2. Chapter 26B-8 Health Data, Vital Statistics, and Utah Medical Examiner
  3. Part 26B-8-3 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

(1) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 26B-8-308 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), an anatomical gift by a person authorized under Section 26B-8-308 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 member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under Section 26B-8-308 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 whether to revoke the gift.

(3) A revocation under Subsection (2) 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 organization, transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the revocation.

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