                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MANNER OF MAKING, AMENDING, OR REVOKING ANATOMICAL GIFT OF DECEDENT&#8217;S BODY
OR PART (§ 32.1-291.10)

A. A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under &#xA7; 32.1-291.9 may
make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the
gift or by that person&#8217;s oral communication that is electronically
recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the
individual receiving the oral communication.

B. Subject to subsection C, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under §
32.1-291.9 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a
prior class who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior
class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under §
32.1-291.9 may be:

   1. Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the
   amending of the gift; or

   2. Revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the
   revoking of the gift.

C. A revocation under subsection B is effective only if, before an incision has
been made to remove a part from the donor&#8217;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.

HISTORY: 2007, cc. 92, 907.