{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2200.11a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2200.11A","heading":"Persons who may receive anatomical gift - Purpose of","body":"gift.\n\nA. An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons\n\nnamed in the document of gift:\n\n1. A hospital; accredited medical school, dental school,\n\ncollege, or university; organ procurement organization; or other\n\nappropriate person, for research or education as designated by the\n\nState Anatomical Board;\n\n2. Subject to subsection B of this section, an individual\n\ndesignated by the person making the anatomical gift if the\n\nindividual is the recipient of the part; or\n\n3. An eye bank or tissue bank.\n\nB. If an anatomical gift to an individual under paragraph 2 of\n\nsubsection A of this section cannot be transplanted into the\n\nindividual, the part passes in accordance with subsection G of this\n\nsection in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the\n\nperson making the anatomical gift.\n\nC. If an anatomical gift of one or more specific parts or of\n\nall parts is made in a document of gift that does not name a person\n\ndescribed in subsection A of this section but identifies the purpose\n\nfor which an anatomical gift may be used, the following rules apply:\n\n1. If the part is an eye and the gift is for the purpose of\n\ntransplantation or therapy, the gift passes to the appropriate eye\n\nbank;\n\n2. If the part is tissue and the gift is for the purpose of\n\ntransplantation or therapy, the gift passes to the appropriate\n\ntissue bank;\n\n3. If the part is an organ and the gift is for the purpose of\n\ntransplantation or therapy, the gift passes to the appropriate organ\n\nprocurement organization as custodian of the organ; and\n\n4. If the part is an organ, an eye, or tissue and the gift is\n\nfor the purpose of research or education, the gift passes to the\n\nappropriate anatomical donor program or non-transplant tissue bank\n\nregistered with the State Anatomical Board.\n\nD. For the purpose of subsection C of this section, if there is\n\nmore than one purpose of an anatomical gift set forth in the\n\ndocument of gift but the purposes are not set forth in any priority,\n\nthe gift must be used for transplantation or therapy, if suitable.\n\nIf the gift cannot be used for transplantation or therapy, the gift\n\nmay be used for research or education.\n\nE. If an anatomical gift of one or more specific parts is made\n\nin a document of gift that does not name a person described in\n\nsubsection A of this section and does not identify the purpose of\n\nthe gift, the gift may be used only for transplantation or therapy,\n\nand the gift passes in accordance with subsection G of this section.\n\nF. If a document of gift specifies only a general intent to\n\nmake an anatomical gift by words such as \"donor\", \"organ donor\", or\n\n\"body donor\", or by a symbol or statement of similar import, the\n\ngift may be used for transplantation, research, or therapy, and the\n\ngift passes in accordance with subsection G of this section.\n\nG. For purposes of subsections B, E and F of this section, the\n\nfollowing rules apply:\n\n1. If the part is an eye, the gift passes to the appropriate\n\neye bank;\n\n2. If the part is tissue, the gift passes to the appropriate\n\ntissue bank; and\n\n3. If the part is an organ, the gift passes to the appropriate\n\norgan procurement organization as custodian of the organ.\n\nH. An anatomical gift of an organ for transplantation or\n\ntherapy, other than an anatomical gift under paragraph 2 of\n\nsubsection A of this section, passes to the organ procurement\n\norganization as custodian of the organ.\n\nI. If an anatomical gift does not pass pursuant to subsections\n\nA through H of this section or the decedent's body or part is not\n\nused for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, custody\n\nof the body or part passes to the person under obligation to dispose\n\nof the body or part.\n\nJ. A person may not accept an anatomical gift if the person\n\nknows that the gift was not effectively made under Sections 2200.5A\n\nor 2200.10A of this title or if the person knows that the decedent\ntion or the decedent's body or part is not\n\nused for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, custody\n\nof the body or part passes to the person under obligation to dispose\n\nof the body or part.\n\nJ. A person may not accept an anatomical gift if the person\n\nknows that the gift was not effectively made under Sections 2200.5A\n\nor 2200.10A of this title or if the person knows that the decedent\n\nmade a refusal under Section 2200.7A of this title that was not\n\nrevoked. For purposes of this subsection, if a person knows that an\n\nanatomical gift was made on a document of gift, the person is deemed\n\nto know of any amendment or revocation of the gift or any refusal to\n\nmake an anatomical gift on the same document of gift.\n\nK. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 2 of subsection A\n\nof this section, nothing in the Oklahoma Uniform Anatomical Gift Act\n\naffects the allocation of organs for transplantation or therapy.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"9582f96b5e20ae52d9936d0ad25063cf3dd9768315bcf4b3d8645c37839de2e7","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2200.10a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2200.12a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}