Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003)
Chapter 39 - DISPOSITION OF HUMAN BODIES OR PARTS (§§ 41-39-1 — 41-39-NEW)
REVISED MISSISSIPPI UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT (§§ 41-39-101 — 41-39-NEW)
Section 41-39-107 - Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death

Subject to Section 41-39-115, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in Section 41-39-109 by:

• (1) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is:
  • (A) Emancipated; or
  • (B) Authorized under state law to apply for a driver's license because the donor is at least eighteen (18) years of age;

• (2) An agent of the donor, unless the power of attorney for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;

• (3) A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or

• (4) The donor's guardian.

Laws, 2008, ch. 561, § 4; reenacted without change, Laws, 2012, ch. 346, § 4, eff. 7/1/2012.

Reenacted without change by Laws, 2014, ch. 315, SB 2217, 4, eff. 7/1/2014.