Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine

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  2. District of Columbia Code
  3. Human Health Care and Safety
  4. Anatomical Parts
  5. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
  6. Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine

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(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor’s lifetime to be effective.

(b) Upon or after an individual’s death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to which the gift could pass under § 7-1531.10.

(Apr. 15, 2008, D.C. Law 17-145, § 13, 55 DCR 2532.)

Editor's Notes

Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 13 of the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006).


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