{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-97.979","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 97.979","heading":"Cooperation between medical examiner and procurement organization.","body":"(1) A 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      (2) Subject to ORS 97.980, if 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 post-mortem examination is going to be performed, the medical examiner or designee shall conduct a post-mortem 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      (3) A 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.","path":["03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate","10. Property Rights and Transactions","Chapter 97 — Rights and Duties Relating to Cemeteries, Human Bodies and Anatomical Gifts"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors097.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"12c1901e6732ef8a04478e08d12f2178435def13096d0503407781fbfcad46a1","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-97.978","next":"us-or/ors-97.980"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}