{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-5-221","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 35-5-221","heading":"Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization.","body":"(a) A coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education.\n(b) If a coroner 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 coroner and a post-mortem examination is going to be performed, unless the coroner denies recovery in accordance with W.S. 35-5-222, the coroner or designee shall conduct a post-mortem 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(c) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a coroner 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 coroner 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 coroner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner.","path":["TITLE 35 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 5 - ANATOMICAL GIFTS AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION","ARTICLE 2 - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title35.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"18213b5f4f6dae9dc11c7b85d129143f314a31a72cf4cb9b50f9cd4984eb4a27","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-5-220","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-5-222"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}