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Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-107

Who may make anatomical gift before donor’s death

Laws, 2008, ch. 561, § 4; reenacted without change, Laws, 2012, ch. 346, § 4; reenacted without change, Laws, 2014, ch. 315, § 4, eff from and after July 1, 2014.

Subject to Section 41-39-115, an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in Section 41-39-109 by:

(1) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is:

(2) An agent of the donor, unless the power of attorney for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;

(3) A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or

(4) The donor’s guardian.

Emancipated; or

Authorized under state law to apply for a driver’s license because the donor is at least eighteen (18) years of age;

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.