Ind. Code § 29-2-16.1-11

Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 29-2-16.1-11 - Searches for documents of gift or refusal
(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death in a hospital for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:
(1) An organ procurement organization.
(2) A tissue bank.
(3) An eye bank.
(4) If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.
(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (a) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.
(c) A person is not subject to civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to criminal liability or administrative sanctions.

IC 29-2-16.1-11

As added by P.L. 147-2007, SEC.12.