{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-23-06.6-21","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 23-06.6-21","heading":"Cooperation between coroner or medical examiner and a procurement organization","body":"1.A coroner or medical examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.\n2.If a coroner or 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 coroner or medical examiner and a post-mortem examination is going to be performed, unless the coroner or medical examiner denies recovery in accordance with section 23-06.6-22, the coroner or medical examiner or designee of the coroner or medical examiner shall conduct a post-mortem examination of the body or the part in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.\n3.A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a coroner or 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 coroner or 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 coroner or medical examiner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner.","path":["Title 23 Health And Safety","Chapter 23-06.6 Uniform Anatomical Gift Act"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t23c06-6.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"bc6b4e1dd6ad96fcc9a84096132eed8d3b79836e2568c2b8a995d1d6159283aa","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-23-06.6-20","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-23-06.6-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}