{"data":{"id":"us-me/22-m.r.s.-2952","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"22 M.R.S. §2952","heading":"Search and notification","body":"1.  Persons to conduct reasonable search.  The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the searcher 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:\nA.  A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and\nB.  If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.\n2.  Document of gift or refusal found.  If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection 1, paragraph A 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.\n3.  Immunity.  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 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE","SUBTITLE 2: HEALTH","PART 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS","CHAPTER 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/22/title22sec2952.html","current_through":"January 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:31Z","sha256":"e9738a9bb13ecfe50e882e0133c3a1c2a0a1eb0aaa21636ef462834fa035b0d9","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/22-m.r.s.-2951","next":"us-me/22-m.r.s.-2953"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}