Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 5. ACQUISITION AND LOSS OF PROPERTY · Article 6. REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFTS

44-5-159. Impact of anatomical gift on an advance directive for health care.

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If a prospective donor has an advance directive for health care in accordance with Chapter 32 of Title 31 or a declaration signed by a prospective donor, unless it expressly provides to the contrary, measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of an organ for transplantation or therapy may not be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1981, § 44-5-159, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 503, § 1/SB 405.

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Text read from t44-ch1-7-(v31)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V31, 2010 edition, pages 511 to 512; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 490191d3dc54.