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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>359421</law_id><section_number>32.1-291.10</section_number><catch_line>Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent&amp;#8217;s body or part</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-291.11</reference><reference>32.1-291.8</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="75" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="11" identifier="8">Postmortem Examinations and Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Anatomical Gifts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">person</span> authorized to make an anatomical gift under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part" href="/32.1-291.9/">32.1-291.9</a> may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the <span class="dictionary">person</span> making the gift or by that <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication. <a id="paragraph-1337159" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-291.10/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Subject to subsection C, an anatomical gift by a <span class="dictionary">person</span> authorized under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part" href="/32.1-291.9/">32.1-291.9</a> 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 <span class="dictionary">person</span> authorized under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part" href="/32.1-291.9/">32.1-291.9</a> may be: <a id="paragraph-1337160" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-291.10/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the gift; or <a id="paragraph-1337161" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-291.10/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of the gift. <a id="paragraph-1337162" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-291.10/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> under subsection B is effective only if, before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor&#x2019;s body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the <span class="dictionary">revocation</span>. <a id="paragraph-1337163" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-291.10/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2007, cc. 92, 907.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
