{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-327-22","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 327-22","heading":"Cooperation between medical examiner or coroner and procurement organization.","body":"(a) A medical examiner or coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for transplantation, therapy, research, or education.\n\n(b) If a medical examiner or coroner 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 medical examiner or coroner and a post-mortem examination is going to be performed, unless the medical examiner or coroner denies recovery in accordance with section 327-23, the medical examiner or coroner or designee shall make a reasonable attempt to conduct a post-mortem examination of the body or the body part in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.\n\n(c) A body part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a medical examiner or coroner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the body part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner or coroner may not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This subsection shall not preclude a medical examiner or coroner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or body parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner or coroner.","path":["HI Code","Division 1","Title 19","Chapter 327"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0327/HRS_0327-0022.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"25db29264d2bd94aeabaa9d049f7ba6de23ba0370013d60954ca4b2a74ed93f2","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-327-21","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-327-23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}