Cooperation between medical examiner and procurement organization

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  • (a) A medical examiner and a procurement organization shall cooperate to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.

  • (b) 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, unless medical examiner denies recovery in accordance with section 423, the medical examiner or designee shall conduct a post-mortem examination of the body or the part in a manner and within a time period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.

  • (c) 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 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.


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