{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-525a.22","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 525A.22","heading":"COOPERATION BETWEEN MEDICAL EXAMINER AND PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION.","body":"(a) A 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 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 medical examiner and a postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the medical examiner denies recovery in accordance with section 525A.23, the medical examiner or 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 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 medical examiner may not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This paragraph does not preclude a medical examiner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner.","path":["PROBATE; PROPERTY; ESTATES; GUARDIANSHIPS; ANATOMICAL GIFTS","CHAPTER 525A. ANATOMICAL GIFTS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/525A.22","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:49Z","sha256":"0a289a29d0a5241abc9bb9c4bab38c13f97c9e5402b0b8aac017fafec2e79e2d","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-525a.21","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-525a.23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}