Utah Code § 26B-8-309

Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or
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part.
(1) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 26B-8-308 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.
(2) Subject to Subsection (3), an anatomical gift by a person authorized under Section 26B-8-308
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 Section 26B-8-308 may be:
(a) amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the
gift; or
(b) revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of the
gift or if they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
(3) A revocation under Subsection (2) 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.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session

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