{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-291.12","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 32.1-291.12","heading":"Search and notification","body":"A. The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or whose death is imminent for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:1. A law-enforcement officer, a firefighter, emergency medical services personnel, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and2. If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.B. If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subdivision A 1 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.C. A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.2007, cc. 92, 907; 2015, cc. 502, 503.","path":["Title 32.1. HEALTH","Chapter 8. POSTMORTEM EXAMINATIONS AND SERVICES","Article 2. ANATOMICAL GIFTS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/32.1-291.12/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:34Z","sha256":"5842c96a1d49ec94cf2eb131a7cb605e5b91226803355bb6e16585fb65c7b70c","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-291.11","next":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-291.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}