(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:(1) A law enforcement officer, fire fighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and(2) 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) (1) 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 criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions. Laws, 2008, ch. 561, § 12; reenacted without change, Laws, 2012, ch. 346, § 12, eff. 7/1/2012.Reenacted without change by Laws, 2014, ch. 315, SB 2217, 12, eff. 7/1/2014.
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