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Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-291.10

Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part

Known as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

The act spans §§ 32.1-289 to 32.1-297.2 (41 sections).

2007, cc. 92, 907.

A. A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 32.1-291.9 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.

B. Subject to subsection C, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under § 32.1-291.9 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under § 32.1-291.9 may be:

1. Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the gift; or

2. Revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of the gift.

C. A revocation under subsection B is effective only if, before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the revocation.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.