Section 7151.15 Of Chapter 3.5. Uniform Anatomical Gift Act From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 7. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3.5.
7151.15
. (a) A county coroner shall cooperate with procurement
organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts
for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.
(b) If a county coroner receives notice from a procurement
organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made
with respect to a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of
the coroner and a post mortem examination or investigation is going
to be performed, unless the coroner denies recovery in accordance
with Section 7151.20, the coroner or designee shall conduct a post
mortem examination or investigation of the body or the part in a
manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the
purposes of the gift.
(c) A part shall not be removed from the body of a decedent under
the jurisdiction of a coroner for transplantation, therapy, research,
or education unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift.
The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner shall
not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the
body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This subdivision does not
preclude a coroner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon
the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the
coroner.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, when an anatomical gift might
be available or has been made by a person whose death is imminent due
to the lawful withdrawal of medical treatment and if that person's
body, post mortem, will be subject to the coroner's jurisdiction
pursuant to Section 27491 of the Government Code, a procurement
organization may notify a coroner of the anatomical gift, and a
coroner shall accept the notification, whenever that notification
will facilitate the coroner's ability to conduct a postmortem
examination or investigation of the body or the part in a manner and
within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of
the gift.