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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 44 - PROPERTY

CHAPTER 5 - ACQUISITION AND LOSS OF PROPERTY
ARTICLE 6 - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFTS
§ 44-5-148 - Signed writing or oral communication required for gift of document

O.C.G.A. 44-5-148 (2010)
44-5-148. Signed writing or oral communication required for gift of document


(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Code Section 44-5-147 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) of this Code section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under Code Section 44-5-147 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 member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under Code Section 44-5-147 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) of this Code section 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.