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2007 Minnesota Statutes
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525A.22 COOPERATION BETWEEN MEDICAL EXAMINER AND PROCUREMENT
ORGANIZATION.
(a) A medical examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the
opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or
education.
(b) If a medical examiner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical
gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under the
jurisdiction of the medical examiner and a postmortem examination is going to be performed,
unless the medical examiner denies recovery in accordance with section 525A.23, the medical
examiner or designee shall conduct a postmortem examination of the body or the part in a manner
and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.
(c) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a medical
examiner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the part is the subject of an
anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner may not be
delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical
gift. This paragraph does not preclude a medical examiner from performing the medicolegal
investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner.
History: 2007 c 120 art 1 s 22
ORGANIZATION.
(a) A medical examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the
opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or
education.
(b) If a medical examiner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical
gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under the
jurisdiction of the medical examiner and a postmortem examination is going to be performed,
unless the medical examiner denies recovery in accordance with section 525A.23, the medical
examiner or designee shall conduct a postmortem examination of the body or the part in a manner
and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.
(c) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a medical
examiner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the part is the subject of an
anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner may not be
delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical
gift. This paragraph does not preclude a medical examiner from performing the medicolegal
investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner.
History: 2007 c 120 art 1 s 22
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