Miss. Code § 41-39-119

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 41-39-119 - Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part
(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 41-39-117 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.
(b) Subject to subsection (c), an anatomical gift by a person authorized under Section 41-39-117 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. If more than one (1) member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under Section 41-39-117 may be:
(1) Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the gift; or
(2) Revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of the gift or if they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
(c) A revocation under subsection (b) is effective only if, before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the revocation.

Miss. Code § 41-39-119

Laws, 2008, ch. 561, § 10 reenacted without change, Laws, 2012, ch. 346, § 10, eff. 7/1/2012.
Reenacted without change by Laws, 2014, ch. 315, SB 2217, 10, eff. 7/1/2014.