{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2200.14a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2200.14A","heading":"Rights and duties of procurement organization and","body":"others\n\nA. When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a\n\nprocurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable\n\nsearch of the records of the Department of Public Safety and any\n\ndonor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in\n\nwhich the individual resides to ascertain whether the individual has\n\nmade an anatomical gift.\n\nB. A procurement organization must be allowed reasonable access\n\nto information in the records of the Department of Public Safety to\n\nascertain whether an individual at or near death is a donor.\n\nC. When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a\n\nprocurement organization, the organization may conduct any\n\nreasonable examination necessary to ensure the medical suitability\n\nof a part that is or could be the subject of an anatomical gift for\n\ntransplantation, therapy, research, or education from a donor or a\n\nprospective donor. During the examination period, measures\n\nnecessary to ensure the medical suitability of the part may not be\n\nwithdrawn unless the hospital or procurement organization knows that\n\nthe individual expressed a contrary intent.\n\nD. Unless prohibited by any other provisions of law, at any\n\ntime after a donor's death, the person to whom a part passes under\n\nSection 2200.11A of this title may conduct any reasonable\n\nexamination necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the body\n\nor part for its intended purpose.\n\nE. Unless prohibited by any other provisions of law, an\n\nexamination under subsection C or D of this section may include an\n\nexamination of all medical and dental records of the donor or\n\nprospective donor.\n\nF. Upon the death of a minor who was a donor or had signed a\n\nrefusal, unless a procurement organization knows the minor is\n\nemancipated, the procurement organization shall conduct a reasonable\n\nsearch for the parents of the minor and provide the parents with an\n\nopportunity to revoke or amend the anatomical gift or revoke the\n\nrefusal.\n\nG. Upon referral by a hospital under subsection A of this\n\nsection, a procurement organization shall make a reasonable search\n\nfor any person listed in Section 2200.9A of this title having\n\npriority to make an anatomical gift on behalf of a prospective\n\ndonor. If a procurement organization receives information that an\n\nanatomical gift to any other person was made, amended, or revoked,\n\nit shall promptly advise the other person of all relevant\n\ninformation.\n\nH. Subject to subsection I of Section 2200.11A of this title\n\nand Section 2200.23A of this title, the rights of the person to\n\nwhich a part passes under Section 2200.11A of this title are\n\nsuperior to the rights of all others with respect to the part. The\n\nperson may accept or reject an anatomical gift in whole or in part.\n\nSubject to the terms of the document of gift and this act, a person\n\nthat accepts an anatomical gift of an entire body may allow\n\nembalming, burial or cremation, and use of remains in a funeral\n\nservice. If the gift is of a part, the person to which the part\n\npasses under Section 2200.11A of this title, upon the death of the\n\ndonor and before embalming, burial, or cremation, shall cause the\n\npart to be removed without unnecessary mutilation.\n\nI. Neither the physician who attends the decedent at death nor\n\nthe physician who determines the time of the decedent's death may\n\nparticipate in the procedures for removing or transplanting a part\n\nfrom the decedent.\n\nJ. A physician or technician may remove a donated part from the\n\nbody of a donor that the physician or technician is qualified to\n\nremove.\n\nK. A hospital may adopt guidelines for the interaction between\n\norgan procurement organizations and hospital staff. Nothing in the\n\nOklahoma Uniform Anatomical Gift Act shall be construed as to\n\nauthorize an organ procurement organization to use coercion or\n.\n\nJ. A physician or technician may remove a donated part from the\n\nbody of a donor that the physician or technician is qualified to\n\nremove.\n\nK. A hospital may adopt guidelines for the interaction between\n\norgan procurement organizations and hospital staff. Nothing in the\n\nOklahoma Uniform Anatomical Gift Act shall be construed as to\n\nauthorize an organ procurement organization to use coercion or\n\nemotional abuse of patients, families of patients, physicians or\n\nhospital staff in any aspect of the organ donation process,\n\nincluding, but not limited to, the testing and screening of\n\npotential donors and the procurement of organs. For purposes of\n\nthis subsection, \"emotional abuse\" shall include, but not be limited\n\nto, demanding, insisting or pressuring families in a manner that\n\nfails to exhibit sympathy, compassion or sensitivity to the\n\nemotional well-being of those involved.","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":"6dfeda3c0637333be7ad7d2e6f50f1e6d8c2a7901bc19336b44b87afed805866","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2200.13a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2200.15a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}