Oct 12, 2023 · The federal Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) contains specific rules and procedures for donating one’s body parts or tissue or making an anatomical gift when one dies.

A coroner or medical examiner may release and permit the removal of a part from a body for transplantation or therapy, if the official has received a request from a hospital, physician, surgeon, …

Section 8611 allows agents under Powers of Attorney to make anatomical gifts. This section also allows minors who are at least 16 and who have consent from their parents or legal guardian to make such …

Jun 23, 2022 · In almost every state, it is legal for anyone, even if they do not have training, to sell the human remains of adults. Generally, a broker can sell a donated human body for about $5,000, …

The funeral home can refuse to accept the decedent’s body and refuse to carry out the decedent’s wishes in these cases until it receives a court order or other suitable confirmation that the dispute …

Jun 22, 2023 · It is not clear whether there were failures within Harvard’s program that allowed the former manager, Cedric Lodge, to allegedly steal organs and remains from the school’s morgue and …

He had not signed up for the online state donor registry and has no healthcare directives on file. Yet on the basis of his driver’s license, it’s determined that JD had authorized donation, a “first person …

After a body has been buried, it is considered to be in the custody of the law; therefore, disinterment is not a matter of right. The disturbance or removal of an interred body is subject to the control and …

May 15, 2021 · Regents of the University of California, the answer is “no,” once our cells leave our body, they are no longer our property.

Oct 18, 2025 · You should make sure to put your intent to donate your organs in writing and specify which organs will be subject to donation. In some cases, your family might still be able to override …