Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 5250m
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 5250m
- Anatomical gift: means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See
- Document of gift: means a donor card or other record used to make an anatomical gift. See
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See
- Refusal: means a record created under section 5250g of this title that expressly states an intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of an individual's body or part. See
§ 5250m. Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine
(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor‘s lifetime to be effective.
(b) Upon or after an individual’s death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to which the gift could pass under section 5250k of this title. (Added 2009, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)