As Amended
SEC. 41-41-115. Responsibility of physician in charge; transfer of patient to another physician or medical facility; transplants.
(1) Before withdrawing life-sustaining mechanisms from a patient, the physician in charge must be satisfied that the patient has authorized the action as provided in sections 41-41-105 et seq. and, in particular, such physician shall request and receive a certified copy of the declaration and a certificate that no revocation has been filed of record with the bureau of vital statistics of the state board of health.
(2) No physician or medical facility has a duty to participate in the withdrawal of life-sustaining mechanisms authorized by sections 41-41-101 et seq., but a physician or medical facility not honoring a patient's authorization has a duty to cooperate in the transfer of the patient to another physician or medical facility that will give effect to an authorization made in accordance with sections 41-41-101 et seq.
(3) No physician participating in a decision to withdraw life-sustaining mechanisms from a declarant may participate in transplanting the vital organs of the declarant to another person.
SOURCES: Laws, 1984, ch. 365, Sec. 8, eff from and after July 1, 1984.