As Amended
SEC. 41-39-43. Acceptance or rejection of gift; determination of time of death.
The donee may accept or reject the gift. When the gift is only a part of the body, promptly following the removal of the part named, custody of the remaining parts of the body shall be transferred to the next of kin or other person or agency authorized or under obligation to dispose of the body. The time of death shall be determined by the physician in attendance upon the donor's terminal illness or certifying his death. Said physician shall not be a member of the team of physicians which transplants the part to another individual.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 278.3-06; Laws, 1970, ch. 413, Sec. 6, eff from and after passage (approved April 6, 1970).