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TEXAS STATUTES AND CODES
CHAPTER 692. TEXAS ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY
SUBTITLE B. DISPOSITION OF THE BODY
CHAPTER 692. TEXAS ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT
Text of chapter as repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
186, Sec. 11 effective September 1, 2009
Sec. 692.003. MANNER OF EXECUTING GIFT OF OWN BODY.
Without reference to the amendment of this subsection, this
subsection was repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
186, Sec. 11(2), eff. Sept. 1, 2009.
(d) A gift made by a document other than a will is effective on
the death of the donor. The document may be a card designed to
be carried by the donor or another record signed by the donor or
other person making the gift. A statement or symbol in an online
donor registry and authorized by the donor indicating the donor
has made an anatomical gift may also serve as a document making a
gift. To be effective, the document must be signed by the donor
in the presence of two witnesses except as otherwise provided by
Subchapter Q, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, this subsection,
or other law. If the donor cannot sign the document, a person
may sign the document for the donor at the donor's direction and
in the presence of the donor and two witnesses. The witnesses to
the signing of a document under this subsection must sign the
document in the presence of the donor. Delivery of the document
during the donor's lifetime is not necessary to make the gift
valid. An online donation registration does not require the
consent of another person or require two witnesses. The online
registration constitutes a legal document under this chapter and
remains binding after the donor's death.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 291, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1,
1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.211, eff. Sept. 1,
1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 225, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
831, Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.