{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.52.255","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.52.255","heading":"Cooperation between coroner, state medical examiner, and procurement organization.","body":"(a) A coroner and a state medical examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.\n(b) If a coroner or a state medical examiner 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 coroner or state medical examiner and a postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the coroner or state medical examiner denies recovery under AS 13.52.257, the coroner, the state medical examiner, or a designee shall conduct a postmortem examination of the body or the part in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.\n(c) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a coroner or a state medical examiner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner or state medical examiner may not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This subsection does not preclude a coroner or the state medical examiner from performing the medicolegal investigation on the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner or state medical examiner.","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#13.52.255","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"b11ca0a679d1125943fb91d8563f3b0728f5b603a09044b42253349518568f3d","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.52.253","next":"us-ak/as-13.52.257"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}