TITLE 44 PROPERTY

Section 5. Acquisition and Loss of Property, 44-5-1 through 44-5-230.

ARTICLE 6 REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFTS

44-5-142. Anatomical gifts during life of donor.

Subject to Code Section 44-5-146, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in Code Section 44-5-143 by:

1. The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is:
   1. Emancipated; or
   2. Authorized under state law to apply for a driver's license because the donor is at least 16 years of age;
2. An agent of the donor, unless the advance directive for health care or durable power of attorney for health care prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;
3. A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or
4. The donor's guardian.

(Code 1981, §44-5-142, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 503, § 1/SB 405.)