{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-412.23","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-412.23","heading":"Cooperation between a medical examiner and the procurement organization.","body":"(a)\tThe 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)\tIf 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 G.S. 130A-412.24, the medical examiner or designee shall conduct a postmortem 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(c)\tA body 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 body 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 subsection does not preclude a medical examiner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or body parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner.\n(d)\tAs used in this section and G.S. 130A-412.24, \"medical examiner\" includes the Chief Medical Examiner, a county medical examiner, or a designee of either. (2007-538, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 130A. Public Health.","Article 16. Postmortem Investigation and Disposition.","Part 3A. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_130A/GS_130A-412.23.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:20:37Z","sha256":"5adebedd0fe3036c5f5a388c8b3fe66ab501ae70e61051061fe6255318e27b4d","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-412.22","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-412.24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}