{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-289k","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-289k","heading":"Persons responsible for making a reasonable search of donor intent to make an anatomical gift.","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: (1) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and (2) if no other source of the information is 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 as a result of the search required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and the individual or deceased individual to whom such search relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting such search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.\n(c) A person shall not be 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 19a. PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELL-BEING","CHAPTER 368i*. ANATOMICAL DONATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_368i.htm#sec_19a-289k","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:03Z","sha256":"ee5d71e50560b1159a9bbea30546ce63a23feda8662d822b8cd01fd59e6fecd1","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-289j","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-289l"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}