2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24: Health and Safety
Article 6B: Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, 24-6B-1 through 24-6B-25
Section 24-6B-8: Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation.

24-6B-8. Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation.

A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection G of this section and subject to the provisions of Subsection F of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part pursuant to Section 5 of the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act [24-6B-5 NMSA 1978] or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part pursuant to Section 6 of that act [24-6B-6 NMSA 1978].

B. A donor's revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part pursuant to Section 6 [24-6B-6 NMSA 1978] of the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in Section 4 [24-6B-4 NMSA 1978] or 9 [24-6B-9 NMSA 1978] of that act from making an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part pursuant to Section 5 [24-6B-5 NMSA 1978] or 10 [24-6B-10 NMSA 1978] of that act.

C. If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor's body or part pursuant to Section 5 of the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part pursuant to Section 6 of that act [24-6B-6 NMSA 1978], another person may not make, amend or revoke the gift of the donor's body or part pursuant to Section 10 of that act [24-6B-10 NMSA 1978].

D. A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part pursuant to Section 6 of the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part pursuant to Section 5 or 10 of that act.

E. In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift pursuant to Section 4 of the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.

F. In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift pursuant to Section 4 of the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth in Section 4 of that act is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person pursuant to Section 5 or 10 of that act [24-6B-5 or 24-6B-10 NMSA 1978].

G. If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.

H. If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a parent of the minor who is reasonably available may revoke the minor's refusal.