{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-291-a-12","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 291-A:12","heading":"Search and Notification.","body":"I. The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person 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:\n(a) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and\n(b) If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.\nII. If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subparagraph I(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.\nIII. A person shall not be 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 XXVI: CEMETERIES; BURIALS; DEAD BODIES","Chapter 291-A: UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXVI/291-A/291-A-12.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:49:21Z","sha256":"587c7567295a078ce0e1f0c0382498c43d71a332f34269f7bb2d32aec289525b","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-291-a-11","next":"us-nh/rsa-291-a-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}