194.250. Document of gift, procedure. - Missouri Statutes

Document of gift, procedure.

194.250. 1. A person authorized to make an anatomical gift undersection 194.245 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed bythe person making the gift or that person's oral communication that iselectronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record andsigned by the individual receiving the oral communication.

2. Subject to subsection 3 of this section, an anatomical gift by aperson authorized under section 194.245 may be amended or revoked orally orin a record by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. Ifmore than one member of the prior class is reasonably available, the giftmade by a person authorized under section 194.245 may be:

(1) Amended only if a majority of reasonably available members agreeto the revoking of the gift; or

(2) Revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available membersagree to the revoking of the gift or if they are equally divided as towhether to revoke the gift.

3. A revocation under subsection 2 of this section is effective onlyif, before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor's bodyor before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient, theprocurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician or technicianknows of the revocation.

(L. 1969 S.B. 43 § 5, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1139)