{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-8-321","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 26B-8-321","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) 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 postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the medical examiner denies recovery in accordance with Section 26B-8-322, the medical examiner or designee shall conduct a postmortem examination of the body or the part in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.\n(3) A 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 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 (3) does not preclude a medical examiner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner.","path":["Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code","Chapter 26B-8 Health Data, Vital Statistics, and Utah Medical Examiner","Part 26B-8-3 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title26B/Chapter8/26B-8-S321.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"a6336b6e462401c5d4974239de9b57ceb4010f868777b66ddfc2b88f4850df32","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-8-320","next":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-8-322"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}