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2021 Georgia Code
Title 44 - Property
Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property
Article 6 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gifts
- § 44-5-140. Short Title
- § 44-5-141. Definitions
- § 44-5-142. Anatomical Gifts During Life of Donor
- § 44-5-143. (See Editor's notes.) Method to Make an Anatomical Gift
- § 44-5-144. (See Editor's notes.) Amending, or Revoking an Anatomical Gift
- § 44-5-145. (See Editor's notes.) Refusal to Make an Anatomical Gift
- § 44-5-146. Role and Authority of People Other Than Donor
- § 44-5-147. Classes of Persons Available to Make Donations; Priority
- § 44-5-148. Signed Writing or Oral Communication Required for Gift of Document
- § 44-5-149. Recipients of Anatomical Gifts of Procurement Organizations
- § 44-5-150. Search and Notification for Information Identifying Donor Status
- § 44-5-151. Delivery of Document
- § 44-5-152. Rights and Duties of Procurement Organizations
- § 44-5-153. Coordination of Procurement and Use
- § 44-5-154. Limited Prohibition on Sale or Purchase of Body Parts
- § 44-5-155. Penalties
- § 44-5-156. Immunity
- § 44-5-157. Requirements for Validity of Document of Gift; Governing Law
- § 44-5-158. Donor Registry
- § 44-5-159. Impact of Anatomical Gift on an Advance Directive for Health Care
- § 44-5-159.1. Cooperation Between Medical Examiners and Procurement Organizations
- § 44-5-159.2. Role of Medical Examiner
- § 44-5-159.3. Application
- § 44-5-159.4. Construction With Federal Law
Cross references.
- Human body trafficking, Art. 6, Ch. 12, T. 16. Dead bodies, Ch. 21, T. 31. Eye banks, Ch. 23, T. 31. Advanced directives for health care, Ch. 32, T. 31. Forms for making anatomical gifts upon issuance of driver's license, § 40-5-6.
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 2008, p. 503, § 1, effective July 1, 2008, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this article and enacted the current article. The former article consisted of Code Sections 44-5-140 through 44-5-151, relating to anatomical gifts, and was based on Ga. L. 1969, p. 59, § 9 and Ga. L. 1984, p. 1036, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 645, § 1, 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1101, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2946, § 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 44; Ga. L. 2007, p. 133, § 17/HB 24.
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