Ohio Code 2108.266 – Recovery of part without post-mortem agreement
In the absence of an agreement entered into under section 2108.265 of the Revised Code establishing protocols and procedures governing the relations between a coroner and a procurement organization, if the coroner intends to deny recovery of an organ for transplantation or therapy from a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner, the coroner or the coroner’s designee, at the request of the procurement organization, shall attend the removal procedure for the organ before making a final determination not to allow the procurement organization to recover the organ. During the removal procedure, the coroner or the coroner’s designee may allow recovery by the procurement organization to proceed, or, if the coroner or the coroner’s designee reasonably believes that the organ may be involved in determining the decedent’s cause or manner of death or that the organ or the decedent’s intact body is needed for law enforcement purposes, deny recovery by the procurement organization.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 2108.266
- Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
A coroner may designate another coroner or employees of another coroner’s office to act on the coroner’s behalf under this section.