The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 5250j)
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§ 5250j. Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent’s body or part
(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 5250i of this title 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
communication.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized
under section 5250i of this title 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 section 5250i of this title 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 or if they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
(c) A revocation under subsection (b) of this section is effective only if, before an
incision has been made to remove a part from the donor’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. (Added 2009, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)