22-19-103
Section 22-19-103 Employees to comply with Alabama Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; no liability.
Any employee of the Alabama Eye Bank who is trained in donor eye tissue procurement under
this article shall comply with the provisions of the Alabama Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
Such eye bank technician acting in accordance with the terms of this article shall not have
any liability either civil or criminal for such eye tissue procurement. (Acts 1980, No. 80-779,
p. 1614, §4; Act 2006-536, p. 1231, §1.)...
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22-19-161
Section 22-19-161 Definitions. In this article: (1) "Adult" means an individual who
is at least 18 years of age. (2) "Agent" means an individual: (A) authorized to
make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care;
or (B) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other
record signed by the principal. (3) "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. (4) "Coroner" means an elected or appointed official
who determines, with the assistance of other forensic scientists and investigators, the cause,
manner, and circumstances surrounding death. (5) "Decedent" means a deceased individual
whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn
infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this article, a fetus. (6) "Disinterested...

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22-19-125
Section 22-19-125 Immunity of persons complying with article and Alabama Uniform Anatomical
Gift Act. Any person who, in good faith, follows the policies and procedures and standards
as established by the chairman for quality assurance, and complies with the provisions of
the Alabama Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, shall not have any liability, either civil or criminal,
for such acquiring, and/or transporting any organs, bones, or tissues retrieved in Alabama.
(Acts 1986, No. 86-225, p. 329, §6.)...
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22-19-100
Section 22-19-100 Training of eye bank employees in eye tissue procurement. The Alabama Eye
Bank is authorized to train employees of the eye bank in principles and procedures of sterile
eye tissue procurement pursuant to the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act and according to the medical
standards of the Eye Bank Association of America. (Acts 1980, No. 80-779, p. 1614, §1; Act
2006-536, p. 1231, §1.)...
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22-19-173
Section 22-19-173 Rights and duties of procurement organization and others. (a) When a hospital
refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall
make a reasonable search of the records of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and any
donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual resides
to ascertain whether the individual has made an anatomical gift. (b) A procurement organization
must be allowed reasonable access to information in the records of the Alabama State Law Enforcement
Agency to ascertain whether an individual at or near death is a donor. (c) When a hospital
refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization may
conduct any reasonable examination necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part that
is or could be the subject of an anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or
education from a donor or a prospective donor. During the...
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22-19-181
Section 22-19-181 Cooperation between coroner, medical examiner, and procurement organization.
(a) A coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or local public health official or
a designee shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover
anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education when
it has been determined that the recovery will not interfere with a death investigation. The
organ procurement organization, tissue bank, and eye bank will make every reasonable effort
to seek approval and release from the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or
designee prior to proceeding with consent approaches to the authorized parties as described
in this article. The request for release process will begin with the coroner or designee,
who may defer to the medical examiner or designee, who may subsequently defer to the district
attorney or designee. At the time of coroner or medical examiner or district...
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22-19-40
Section 22-19-40 Short title. (a) This article may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Anatomical
Gift Act of 1969. (b) This article shall only apply to gifts made prior to January 1, 2004.
(Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 164, p. 230, §9; Act 2003-347, p. 887, §3.)...
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22-19-71.1
Section 22-19-71.1 Promotion of organ donation through the application and renewal process
for driver's licenses. (a) This section shall be named Angelynn and Courtney's Law. (b) The
Legislature finds: (1) There is an acute need for organ donors in Alabama and throughout the
nation. (2) According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, more than 121,000 people are
waiting for an organ transplant nationally, and a new person is added to the waiting list
every 18 minutes. (3) In Alabama, more than 3,300 people are waiting for an organ transplant.
(4) For an average of 19 people per day, the wait is too long and they die before a suitable
organ is available. (5) The Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act currently provides for notice
of intent to make an organ donation upon the donor's death. (6) A checkoff on a driver's license
to be an organ donor has been a very successful way to encourage organ donation, but more
can be done to provide greater education and public awareness regarding...
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22-19-170
Section 22-19-170 Persons that may receive anatomical gift; purpose of anatomical gift. (a)
An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (1)
a hospital; accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university; organ procurement
organization; or other appropriate person, for research or education; (2) subject to subsection
(b), an individual designated by the person making the anatomical gift if the individual is
the recipient of the part; (3) an eye bank or tissue bank. (b) If an anatomical gift to an
individual under subsection (a)(2) cannot be transplanted into the individual, the part passes
in accordance with subsection (g) in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the
person making the anatomical gift. (c) If an anatomical gift of one or more specific parts
or of all parts is made in a document of gift that does not name a person described in subsection
(a) but identifies the purpose for which an anatomical gift may be...
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22-19-140
Section 22-19-140 Legislative intent. (a) The Legislature of Alabama is acutely aware of the
serious shortage of organs needed for transplantation. In its concern with this shortage of
organs, the Legislature intends to establish in this article, a mechanism for the requesting
of donor organs of any person who has died in a hospital and has not made an anatomical gift
to take effect upon death. (b) The Legislature of Alabama believes the citizens of Alabama
are compassionate and loving, and, in the appropriate circumstances, will respond to the request
for organs for transplantation in that such a gift is, many times, literally, a "gift
of life". (c) It is also the intent of the Legislature of Alabama to encourage organ
donation in Alabama by establishing "The Lifesaving Organ Procurement Act of 1986."
(Acts 1986, No. 86-226, p. 333, §1.)...
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