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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-43-355

Duty to send document of gift or refusal to hospital; sanctions

Known as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

The act spans §§ 44–44 (24 sections).

2009 Act No. 4, SECTION 2, eff May 6, 2009.

(A) A person who finds or is in possession of a document of gift or of refusal that was executed by an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death shall, if the individual is taken to a hospital, send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.

(B) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.