Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 68.64 · 26 active provisions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Adult" means an individual who is at least 18 years old.(2) "Agent" means an individual:(a) Authorized to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care; or(b) Ex…
This chapter applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.
Subject to RCW 68.64.070, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor in the manner provided in RCW 68.64.040 by:(1) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is:(a) Emancipated; or(b) Authorized under state law to apply for a driver's license because t…
(1) A donor may make an anatomical gift:(a) By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor's driver's license or identification card;(b) In a will;(c) During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at l…
(1) Subject to RCW 68.64.070, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under RCW 68.64.030 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by:(a) A record signed by:(i) The donor;(ii) The other person; or(iii) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the donor…
(1) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by:(a) A record signed by:(i) The individual; or(ii) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign;(b) The individual's will,…
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7) of this section and subject to subsection (6) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part if the donor made an a…
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section and unless barred by RCW 68.64.060 or 68.64.070, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the order of priority listed:(a) An agent of the decedent at the time of d…
(1) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under RCW 68.64.080 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral…
(1) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift:(a) For research or education: A hospital; an accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university; or an organ procurement organization;(b) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, an individual designated by the pe…
(1) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:(a) This chapter;(b) The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or(c) The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was e…
(1) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.(2) 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…
(1) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the department of licensing and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual resides to ascertain whether the individual…
When English is not the first language of the person or persons making, amending, revoking, or refusing anatomical gifts as defined in chapter 139, Laws of 2008, organ procurement organizations are responsible for providing, at no cost, appropriate interpreter services or translations to such persons for the purpose of…
Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person who, for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death is guilty of a class C felony under RCW 9A.20.010.(2)…
A person who, in order to obtain financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal is guilty of a class C felony under RCW 9A.20.010.
(1) A person who acts in accordance with this chapter or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding.(2) Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor's estate i…
(1) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(a) "Advance health care directive" means a power of attorney for health care or a "directive" as defined in RCW 70.122.020. (b) "Declaration" means a record signed by a prospective donor specifying the ci…
(1)(a) A coroner or medical examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations, to the extent that such cooperation does not prevent, hinder, or impede the timely investigation of death, to facilitate the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation or therapy. However, a coroner or m…
(1) The department of licensing shall electronically transfer all information that appears on the front of a driver's license or identicard including the name, gender, date of birth, and most recent address of any person who obtains a driver's license or identicard and volunteers to donate organs or tissue upon death t…
(1) The organ and tissue donation awareness account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from donations made under RCW 46.16A.090(2), and other contributions and appropriations specifically made for the purposes of organ and tissue donor awareness, shall be deposited into the account. Except a…
This chapter may be cited as the revised uniform anatomical gift act.
This chapter is subject to the laws of this state governing the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner.
In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.