Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 194

Death--Disposition of Dead Bodies

←194.245

Section 194.250.1

194.255→

August 28, 2015

Document of gift, procedure.

194.250. 1. A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section

194.245 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the

person making the gift or 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.



2. Subject to subsection 3 of this section, an anatomical gift by a

person authorized under section 194.245 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 194.245 may be:



(1) Amended only if a majority of reasonably available members agree to

the revoking 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.



3. A revocation under subsection 2 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.



(L. 1969 S.B. 43 § 5, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1139)





1991



1991



194.250. If the gift is made by the donor to a specified

donee, the will, card, or other document, or an executed copy

thereof, may be delivered to the donee to expedite the

appropriate procedures immediately after death. Delivery is not

necessary to the validity of the gift. The will, card, or other

document, or an executed copy thereof, may be deposited in any

hospital, bank or storage facility or registry office that

accepts it for safekeeping or for facilitation of procedures

after death. On request of any interested party upon or after

the donor's death, the person in possession shall produce the

document for examination.



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