• Current through October 23, 2012

(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.

(b) 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 individual 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 individual or by a person to which the gift could pass under § 7-1531.10.

(Apr. 15, 2008, D.C. Law 17-145, § 13, 55 DCR 2532.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Legislative History of Laws

For Law 17-145, see notes following § 7-1531.01.

Uniform Law

This section is based upon § 13 of the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006). See Vol. 8A, Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition, or ULA Database on Westlaw.