23-1828 Organ and tissue donations; failure to complete preliminary investigation; effect. - Nebraska Statutes

23-1828. Organ and tissuedonations; failure to complete preliminary investigation; effect.If the coroner, coroner's physician, or other physician designatedby the coroner fails to complete the preliminary investigation required undersection 23-1827, or if the coroner fails to designate the coroner's physicianor another physician to conduct and complete the preliminary investigation,within a time period compatible with the preservation of the organs and tissuesfor the purpose of transplantation, or if the coroner declines to conductthe preliminary investigation, any organ or tissue that is compatible fortransplantation may be recovered pursuant to the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act as thoughthe donor was not within the coroner's jurisdiction. SourceLaws 2008, LB246, § 4; Laws 2010, LB1036, § 26.Operative Date: January 1, 2011 Cross ReferencesRevised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, see section 71-4824.