(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death in a hospital for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:(1) An organ procurement organization.(2) A tissue bank.(3) An eye bank.(4) If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (a) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.(c) A person is not subject to civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to criminal liability or administrative sanctions.As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12.
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