General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 113A Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
- Massachusetts General Laws - Short title - Chapter 113A, Section 1
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Anatomical Gift Act”.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 113A, Section 2
As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings: “Adult”, an individual who is at least...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Applicability - Chapter 113A, Section 3
This chapter shall apply to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Who may make anatomical gift before donor’s death - Chapter 113A, Section 4
Subject to section 8, an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Manner of making anatomical gift before donor’s death - Chapter 113A, Section 5
(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift: (1) by authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor’s death - Chapter 113A, Section 6
(a) Subject to section 8, a donor or other individual authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 4 may amend or revoke an anatomical...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal - Chapter 113A, Section 7
(a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual’s body or part by: (1) a record signed by: (i) the individual;...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation - Chapter 113A, Section 8
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) and subject to subsection (f), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Who may make anatomical gift of decedent’s body or part - Chapter 113A, Section 9
(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) and unless otherwise prohibited by section 7 or 8, an anatomical gift of a decedent’s body or part...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent’s body or part - Chapter 113A, Section 10
(a) An individual authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 9 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Persons that may receive anatomical gift; purpose of anatomical gift - Chapter 113A, Section 11
(a) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (1) a hospital, accredited medical school, dental school,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Search and notification - Chapter 113A, Section 12
(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual whom the person reasonably believes to be dead or near death for a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine - Chapter 113A, Section 13
(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor’s lifetime to be effective. (b) Upon or after an individual’s death, a person...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rights and duties of procurement organization and others - Chapter 113A, Section 14
(a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Coordination of procurement and use - Chapter 113A, Section 15
Each hospital shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Sale or purchase of parts prohibited - Chapter 113A, Section 16
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a person who for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Other prohibited acts - Chapter 113A, Section 17
A person who, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Immunity - Chapter 113A, Section 18
(a) A person who acts in accordance with this chapter or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state or who attempts in good...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity - Chapter 113A, Section 19
(a) A document of gift shall be valid if executed in accordance with: (1) this chapter; (2) the laws of the state or country where...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Donor registry - Chapter 113A, Section 20
(a) The registry of motor vehicles shall maintain the donor registry as set forth in section 8D of chapter 90 to identify individuals who have...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Cooperation between medical examiner and procurement organization - Chapter 113A, Section 21
(a) The chief medical examiner and the district attorneys shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for transplantation, therapy,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of medical examiner - Chapter 113A, Section 22
(a) The chief medical examiner shall release to the procurement organization such information as may be necessary to facilitate organ and tissue donation including, but...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Compliance with donor’s decision - Chapter 113A, Section 23
An individual’s decision to make a donation of that individual’s own organ or tissue after death shall be complied with and shall not require the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Uniformity of application and construction - Chapter 113A, Section 24
In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - Chapter 113A, Section 25
Whenever authorized by federal law and as required by this chapter, this chapter shall modify, limit and supersede the Electronic Signatures in Global and National...
Last modified: September 11, 2015