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...No person shall intentionally falsify, forge, conceal, deface, or obliterate a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal in order to obtain a financial gain.

...f the Revised Code or with the applicable anatomical gift laws 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. (B) Neither the person making the anatomical gift nor the donor's estate is liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.

...hip to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.

...dment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.

...(A)(1) The bureau of motor vehicles shall develop and maintain a donor registry that identifies each individual who has agreed to make an anatomical gift at the time of application or renewal of a driver's license, identification card, or motor vehicle registration as provided in division (A)(1) or (2) of section 2108.05 of the Revised Code. The registry shall be fully operational not later than July 1, 2002. (2) ...

... maintained by the bureau of motor vehicles under section 2108.23 of the Revised Code. (C) Beginning on August 1, 2025, the chief of the division of wildlife shall provide the form set forth in division (C)(2) of section 2133.07 of the Revised Code to a person applying for a hunting or fishing license by mail. An eligible person who provides the form to the bureau of motor vehicles requesting to be included in the ...

... withdrawn from the prospective donor unless withholding or withdrawing the measures is necessary for appropriate end-of-life care.

... used in this section and sections 2108.26 to 2108.272 of the Revised Code, "coroner" includes a medical examiner. A coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations as described in sections 2108.26 to 2108.271 of the Revised Code to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.

... shall, if such information is available, release to the procurement organization the name, contact information, and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner. If the decedent's body or part is medically suitable for life-saving organ transplantation or therapy, the coroner shall release post-mortem examination results to the procurement ...

...A coroner may conduct a medicolegal examination by reviewing all medical records, laboratory test results, x-rays, other diagnostic results, and other information that any person possesses about a donor or prospective donor whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner which the coroner determines may be relevant to the investigation.

... information as expeditiously as possible to allow the coroner to conduct the medicolegal investigation within a period compatible with the preservation of parts for the purpose of life-saving organ transplantation or therapy.

...A coroner and procurement organization shall cooperate in the timely removal of a part from a decedent for the purpose of life-saving organ transplantation or therapy if an anatomical gift has been or might be made of the part and either of the following is the case: (A) The decedent's body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner and a post-mortem examination or autopsy is not required. (B) The dece...

...The coroner shall allow the recovery unless the coroner reasonably believes that the part or the decedent's intact body is needed for law enforcement purposes.

...agreement at regular intervals but not less than every two years.

...eement entered into under section 2108.265 of the Revised Code establishing protocols and procedures governing the relations between a coroner and a procurement organization, if the coroner intends to deny recovery of an organ for transplantation or therapy from a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner, the coroner or the coroner's designee, at the request of the procurement organ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if the coroner or the coroner's designee denies recovery of an organ, tissue, or eye from a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner, the coroner or designee shall do all of the following: (1) Explain in a record the specific reasons for not allowing recovery of the part; (2) Include in the records of the coroner the specific reasons...

...If a procurement organization refuses to accept an anatomical gift of a part from a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of a coroner, the organization shall explain to the coroner, in writing, the organization's reasons for not accepting the part.

...f injuries and the preservation and collection of evidence prior to and during the recovery of the part and shall provide the coroner with a record describing the condition of the part, a biopsy, a photograph, and any other information and observations that would assist in the post-mortem examination.

...a removal procedure under section 2108.266 of the Revised Code, on request of the coroner or coroner's designee the procurement organization requesting the recovery of the organ shall reimburse the office of the coroner for the additional costs incurred in attending the removal procedure. Any reimbursement made under this section shall be applied directly to, and used only for the purpose of, offsettin...

...l be conducted within a period compatible with the preservation of parts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.

...A coroner or coroner's designee shall not be subject to liability in tort or other civil action for denying recovery of a part from a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner.

...In applying and construing the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act enacted in sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

...Code modify, limit, and supersede the "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act," 15 U.S.C. 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in division 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. 7003(b). Nothing in this section, or sections 2108.01 to 2108.28 of the Revised Code, negates ...

...ing, distributing, or using of human whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives, and products, corneas, bones, organs, or other human tissue except hair, for the purpose of injecting, transfusing, or transplanting the fluid or body part in another human body, is considered for all purposes as the rendition of a service by every person participating in the act and not a sale of any such fluid or bo...

...it. Any person sixteen years of age but less than seventeen years of age may, with consent of the person's parent or guardian, donate blood in a voluntary blood program that is not operated for profit. Before obtaining blood donations from students at high schools, joint vocational schools, or technical schools, a blood program shall arrange for the dissemination of written donation information to students to...