{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.52.213","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.52.213","heading":"Search and notification.","body":"(a) 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:\n(1) a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, a paramedic, or another emergency rescuer finding the individual; and\n(2) if another source of the information is not immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.\n(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by (a)(1) of this section and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.\n(c) Except as provided by AS 13.52.080 and 13.52.090, 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.","path":["Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.","Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.52.213","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"f6c6a062fef5bc6b8835539717c074fab0a8c6921a7ebcbfdcdd3ef5c992893e","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.52.210","next":"us-ak/as-13.52.217"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}