Uniform Anatomical Gift – General – Michigan

Sec. 10104.

An anatomical gift of a donor’s body or body 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 10105 by any of the following:

(a) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and meets 1 or more of the following requirements:

(i) Is emancipated.

(ii) Has been issued a driver license or identification card because the donor is at least 16 years of age.

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

(c) A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor.

(d) The donor’s guardian.

333.10105 Donor making anatomical gift; methods; gift by donor card or other record; effect of revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of driver license or identification card upon which anatomical gift is indicated; anatomical gift made by will; effect of probate or invalidation.

A donor may make an anatomical gift by doing any of the following:

(a) By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor’s driver license or identification card.

(b) In a will.

(c) During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at least 2 adults, at least 1 of whom is a disinterested witness. However, the physician who attends the donor during the terminal illness or injury shall not act as a recipient of the communication under this subdivision.

(d) As provided in subsection (2).

A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 10104 may make a gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor or other person making the gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift be included on a donor registry. If the donor or other person is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the donor or other person and shall meet all of the following requirements:

(a) Be witnessed by at least 2 adults, at least 1 of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person.

(b) State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in subdivision (a).

Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a driver license or identification card upon which an anatomical gift is indicated does not invalidate the gift.

An anatomical gift made by will takes effect upon the donor’s death whether or not the will is probated. Invalidation of the will after the donor’s death does not invalidate the gift.

333.10106 Amendment or revocation of anatomical gift; means.

A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 10104 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by any of the following means:

(a) A record signed by any of the following:

(i) The donor.

(ii) The other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 10104.

Another individual acting at the direction of the donor or the other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 10104 if the donor or other person is physically unable to sign.

A later-executed document of gift that amends or revokes a previous anatomical gift or portion of an anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency.

A record signed pursuant to subsection (1)(a)(iii) shall meet all of the following requirements:

(a) Be witnessed by at least 2 adults, at least 1 of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person.

(b) State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in subdivision (a).

A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 10104 may revoke an anatomical gift by the destruction or cancellation of the document of gift, or the portion of the document of gift used to make the gift, with the intent to revoke the gift.

A donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was not made in a will by any form of communication during a terminal illness or injury addressed to at least 2 adults, at least 1 of whom is a disinterested witness.

A donor who makes an anatomical gift in a will may amend or revoke the gift in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in subsection (1).

333.10107 Refusal to make anatomical gift; means.

An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of his or her body or body part by any of the following means:

(a) A record signed by either of the following:

(i) The individual.

(ii) Subject to subsection (2), another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign.

The individual’s will, whether or not the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after his or her death.

Any form of communication made by the individual during his or her terminal illness or injury addressed to at least 2 adults, at least 1 of whom is a disinterested witness.

A record signed pursuant to subsection (1)(a)(ii) shall meet all of the following requirements:

(a) Be witnessed by at least 2 adults, at least 1 of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the individual.

(b) State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in subdivision (a).

An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke the refusal by any of the following means:

(a) In the manner provided in subsection (1) for making a refusal.

(b) By subsequently making an anatomical gift pursuant to section 10105 that is inconsistent with the refusal.

(c) By destroying or canceling the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.

In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the individual set forth in the refusal, an individual’s unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift of his or her body or body part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual’s body or body part.

333.10110 Document of gift; amendment or revocation of gift made under Mcl 333.10109; revocation effective before incision made or invasive procedures begun.

A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 10109 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.
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n anatomical gift by a person authorized under section 10109 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. If more than 1 member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under section 10109 may be amended or revoked as follows:

(a) Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the gift.

(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.

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.

333.10113 Document of gift; delivery; examination and copying.

A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor’s lifetime to be effective.

Upon or after an individual’s death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the decedent shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the decedent or by a person to which the gift could pass under section 10111.

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