California Health and Safety Code

§ 7150.40

HSC § 7150.40 Effective Jan 1, 2008Div. 7 · Part 1 · Ch. 3.5

Statute text

(a)Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), and unless barred by Section 7150.30 or 7150.35, an anatomical gift of a decedent’s body or part for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the following order of priority:

(1)An agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have made an anatomical gift under subdivision (b) of Section 7150.15 immediately before the decedent’s death.

(2)The spouse or domestic partner of the decedent.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 629, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.