{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-113a-10","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 113A, § 10","heading":"Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part","body":"Section 10. (a) An individual authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 9 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the individual making the gift or by that individual's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.\n(b) Subject to subsection (c), an anatomical gift by a person authorized in section 9 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is or becomes reasonably available after the execution of the document of gift. If more than 1 member of the prior class is or becomes reasonably available after the document of gift was executed, the gift made by an individual authorized under section 9 may be:\n(1) amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to amend of the gift; or\n(2) revoked if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of the gift or if the available members are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.\n(c) A revocation under subsection (b) shall be effective only if the procurement organization, transplant hospital, physician or technician knows of the revocation before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before an invasive procedure has begun to prepare the recipient.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 113A"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter113A/Section10","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:53Z","sha256":"2cd779fb6a74135ecacc8c8d3cce487d065e59c94e10906391ea2694260590cf","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-113a-9","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-113a-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}