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This document includes Senate Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 10:09 AM by rday. --> This document includes Senate 2nd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 12:12 PM by rday. -->              1     

REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT

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2007 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Lyle W. Hillyard

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House Sponsor: Fred R. Hunsaker

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill repeals the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act and enacts the Revised Uniform
             10      Anatomical Gift Act.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    defines terms;
             14          .    establishes who can make an anatomical gift before the donor's death and the
             15      manner of making a gift before death;
             16          .    establishes:
             17              .    procedures for amending or revoking an anatomical gift before death;
             18              .    procedures for refusal to make an anatomical gift and effect of refusal;
             19              .    the preclusive effect of an anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation;
             20              .    who may make a gift of a decedent's body or part;
             21              .    the manner or making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a decedent's
             22      body or part;
             23              .    persons that may receive an anatomical gift;
             24              .    which persons should make a reasonable search for documents of gift; and
             25              .    rights and duties of procurement organizations and others;
             26          .    coordinates procurement and use;
             27          .    prohibits the sale or purchase of parts, and other certain acts;




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         .    provides limited immunity to a person that acts in accordance with the act;
             29          .    provides choice of laws as to execution of document and a presumption of validity;
             30          .     authorizes the Department of Public Safety to establish or contract with another to
             31      establish a donor registry;
             32          .    establishes the effect of an anatomical gift on an advanced health care directive;
             33          .    requires certain cooperation between the medical examiner and a procurement
             34      organization;
             35          .    establishes relationship of the act with electronic global and national electronic
             36      signatures act; and
             37          .    makes technical and conforming amendments.
             38      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             39          None
             40      Other Special Clauses:
             41          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2007.
             42      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             43      AMENDS:
             44          26-2-17, as last amended by Chapter 56, Laws of Utah 2006
             45          26-4-4, as last amended by Chapter 10, Laws of Utah 1997
             46          53-1-106, as last amended by Chapters 2 and 169, Laws of Utah 2005
             47          53-3-205, as last amended by Chapters 189, 201, 293 and 331, Laws of Utah 2006
             48          53-3-207, as last amended by Chapter 20, Laws of Utah 2005
             49          53-3-804, as last amended by Chapters 189 and 331, Laws of Utah 2006
             50          53-3-805, as last amended by Chapters 131 and 331, Laws of Utah 2006
             51          76-9-704, as last amended by Chapter 143, Laws of Utah 2005
             52      ENACTS:
             53          26-28-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             54          26-28-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             55          26-28-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             56          26-28-104, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             57          26-28-105, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             58          26-28-106, Utah Code Annotated 1953



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         26-28-107, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             60          26-28-108, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             61          26-28-109, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             62          26-28-110, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             63          26-28-111, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             64          26-28-112, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             65          26-28-113, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             66          26-28-114, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             67          26-28-115, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             68          26-28-116, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             69          26-28-117, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             70          26-28-118, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             71          26-28-119, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             72          26-28-120, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             73          26-28-121, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             74          26-28-122, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             75          26-28-123, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             76          26-28-124, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             77          26-28-125, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             78      REPEALS:
             79          26-28-1, as repealed and reenacted by Chapter 131, Laws of Utah 1990
             80          26-28-2, as last amended by Chapter 149, Laws of Utah 2004
             81          26-28-3, as last amended by Chapter 149, Laws of Utah 2004
             82          26-28-4, as last amended by Chapter 343, Laws of Utah 1995
             83          26-28-5, as last amended by Chapter 343, Laws of Utah 1995
             84          26-28-6, as last amended by Chapter 149, Laws of Utah 2004
             85          26-28-7, as last amended by Chapter 343, Laws of Utah 1995
             86          26-28-8, as last amended by Chapter 343, Laws of Utah 1995
             87          26-28-9, as last amended by Chapter 343, Laws of Utah 1995
             88          26-28-10, as last amended by Chapter 343, Laws of Utah 1995
             89          26-28-11, as last amended by Chapter 343, Laws of Utah 1995



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         26-28-12, as enacted by Chapter 131, Laws of Utah 1990
             91     

             92      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             93          Section 1. Section 26-2-17 is amended to read:
             94           26-2-17. Certificate of death -- Registration prerequisite to interment --
             95      Burial-transit permits -- Procedure where body donated under anatomical gift law --
             96      Permit for disinterment.
             97          (1) A dead body or dead fetus may not be interred or otherwise disposed of or removed
             98      from the registration district in which death or fetal death occurred or the remains are found
             99      until a certificate of death is registered.
             100          (2) For deaths or fetal deaths which occur in this state, no burial-transit permit is
             101      required for final disposition of the remains if:
             102          (a) disposition occurs in the state and is performed by a funeral service director; or
             103          (b) the disposition takes place with authorization of the next of kin and in a general
             104      acute hospital, as defined in Section 26-21-2 , that is licensed by the department, or in a
             105      pathology laboratory operated under contract with a general acute hospital licensed by the
             106      department.
             107          (3) A burial-transit permit shall be issued by the local registrar of the district where the
             108      certificate of death or fetal death is registered:
             109          (a) for dead bodies or fetuses to be transported out of the state for final disposition; or
             110          (b) when disposition is made by a person other than a funeral service director.
             111          (4) A burial-transit permit issued under the law of another state which accompanies a
             112      dead body or dead fetus brought into this state is authority for final disposition of the dead
             113      body or dead fetus in this state.
             114          (5) When a dead body or dead fetus or any part of the dead body or dead fetus has been
             115      donated under the [Utah] Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act or similar laws of another
             116      state and the preservation of the gift requires the immediate transportation of the dead body,
             117      dead fetus, or any part of the body or fetus outside of the registration district in which death
             118      occurs or the remains are found, or into this state from another state, the dead body or dead
             119      fetus or any part of the body or fetus may be transported and the burial-transit permit required
             120      by this section obtained within a reasonable time after transportation.



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         (6) A permit for disinterment and reinterment is required prior to disinterment of a
             122      dead body or dead fetus, except as otherwise provided by statute or department rule.
             123          Section 2. Section 26-4-4 is amended to read:
             124           26-4-4. Chief medical examiner -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Authority.
             125          (1) The executive director, with the advice of an advisory board consisting of the
             126      chairman of the Department of Pathology at the University of Utah medical school and the
             127      dean of the law school at the University of Utah, shall appoint a chief medical examiner who
             128      shall be licensed to practice medicine in the state and shall meet the qualifications of a forensic
             129      pathologist, certified by the American Board of Pathologists.
             130          (2) (a) The medical examiner shall serve at the will of the executive director. [He shall
             131      have]
             132          (b) The medical examiner has authority to:
             133          (i) employ [such] medical, technical and clerical personnel as may be required to
             134      effectively administer this chapter, subject to the rules of the department and the state merit
             135      system[. He shall have authority to];
             136          (ii) conduct investigations[,] and pathological examinations[, and];
             137          (iii) perform autopsies authorized in this title[. The medical examiner shall have
             138      authority to];
             139          (iv) conduct or authorize necessary examinations on dead bodies; and
             140          (v) notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 26-28-122 (3), retain tissues and
             141      biological samples for scientific purposes and those [he] the medical examiner considers
             142      necessary to accurately certify the cause and manner of death.
             143          (c) In the case of an unidentified body, the medical examiner shall authorize or conduct
             144      investigations, tests and processes in order to determine its identity as well as the cause of
             145      death.
             146          (3) The medical examiner may appoint regional pathologists, each of whom shall be
             147      approved by the executive director.
             148          Section 3. Section 26-28-101 is enacted to read:
             149     
CHAPTER 28. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

             150          26-28-101. Title.
             151          This chapter is known as the "Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act."



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         Section 4. Section 26-28-102 is enacted to read:
             153          26-28-102. Definitions.
             154          As used in this chapter:
             155          (1) "Adult" means an individual who is at least 18 years of age.
             156          (2) "Agent' means an individual:
             157          (a) authorized to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of
             158      attorney for health care; or
             159          (b) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any
             160      other record signed by the principal.
             161          (3) "Anatomical gift" means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect
             162      after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.
             163          (4) "Decedent" means:
             164          (a) a deceased individual whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical
             165      gift; and
             166          (b) includes:
             167          (i) a stillborn infant; and
             168          (ii) subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this chapter, a fetus.
             169          (5) (a) "Disinterested witness" means:
             170          (i) a witness other than the spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandchild, grandparent, or
             171      guardian of the individual who makes, amends, revokes, or refuses to make an anatomical gift;
             172      or
             173          (ii) another adult who exhibited special care and concern for the individual.
             174          (b) "Disinterested witness" does not include a person to which an anatomical gift could
             175      pass under Section 26-28-111 .
             176          (6) "Document of gift" means a donor card or other record used to make an anatomical
             177      gift. The term includes a statement or symbol on a driver license, identification card, or donor
             178      registry.
             179          (7) "Donor" means an individual whose body or part is the subject of an anatomical
             180      gift.
             181          (8) "Donor registry" means a database that contains records of anatomical gifts and
             182      amendments to or revocations of anatomical gifts.



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         (9) "Driver license" means a license or permit issued by the S. [ Motor Vehicle ] Driver
             183a      License
.S Division of
             184      the Department of Public Safety, to operate a vehicle, whether or not conditions are attached to
             185      the license or permit.
             186          (10) "Eye bank" means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal
             187      or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of
             188      human eyes or portions of human eyes.
             189          (11) "Guardian":
             190          (a) means a person appointed by a court to make decisions regarding the support, care,
             191      education, health, or welfare of an individual; and
             192          (b) does not include a guardian ad litem.
             193          (12) "Hospital" means a facility licensed as a hospital under the law of any state or a
             194      facility operated as a hospital by the United States, a state, or a subdivision of a state.
             195          (13) "Identification card" means an identification card issued by the S. [ Motor Vehicle ]
             195a      Driver License .S
             196      Division of the Department of Public Safety.
             197          (14) "Know" means to have actual knowledge.
             198          (15) "Minor" means an individual who is under 18 years of age.
             199          (16) "Organ procurement organization" means a person designated by the Secretary of
             200      the United States Department of Health and Human Services as an organ procurement
             201      organization.
             202          (17) "Parent" means a parent whose parental rights have not been terminated.
             203          (18) "Part" means an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human being. The term does not
             204      include the whole body.
             205          (19) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust,
             206      partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation,
             207      government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or
             208      commercial entity.
             209          (20) "Physician" means an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy
             210      under the law of any state.
             211          (21) "Procurement organization" means an eye bank, organ procurement organization,
             212      or tissue bank.


             213          (22) "Prospective donor":



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         (a) means an individual who is dead or near death and has been determined by a
             215      procurement organization to have a part that could be medically suitable for transplantation,
             216      therapy, research, or education; and
             217          (b) does not include an individual who has made a refusal.
             218          (23) "Reasonably available" means able to be contacted by a procurement organization
             219      without undue effort and willing and able to act in a timely manner consistent with existing
             220      medical criteria necessary for the making of an anatomical gift.
             221          (24) "Recipient" means an individual into whose body a decedent's part has been or is
             222      intended to be transplanted.
             223          (25) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is
             224      stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
             225          (26) "Refusal" means a record created under Section 26-28-107 that expressly states an
             226      intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of an individual's body or part.
             227          (27) "Sign" means, with the present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
             228          (a) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
             229          (b) to attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or
             230      process.
             231          (28) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
             232      the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction
             233      of the United States.
             234          (29) "Technician":
             235          (a) means an individual determined to be qualified to remove or process parts by an
             236      appropriate organization that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law; and
             237          (b) includes an enucleator.
             238          (30) "Tissue" means a portion of the human body other than an organ or an eye. The
             239      term does not include blood unless the blood is donated for the purpose of research or
             240      education.
             241          (31) "Tissue bank" means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under
             242      federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or
             243      distribution of tissue.
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     medical and surgical specialty services required for the care of transplant patients.
             246          Section 5. Section 26-28-103 is enacted to read:
             247          26-28-103. Applicability.
             248          This chapter applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to
             249      make an anatomical gift, whenever made.
             250          Section 6. Section 26-28-104 is enacted to read:
             251          26-28-104. Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death.
             252          Subject to Section 26-28-108 , an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made
             253      during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in
             254      the manner provided in Section 26-28-105 by:
             255          (1) the donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is:
             256          (a) emancipated; or
             257          (b) authorized under state law to apply for a driver license because the donor is at least
             258      S. [ 16 ] 15 .S years of age;
             259          (2) an agent of the donor, unless the power of attorney for health care or other record
             260      prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;
             261          (3) a parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or
             262          (4) the donor's guardian.
             263          Section 7. Section 26-28-105 is enacted to read:
             264          26-28-105. Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.
             265          (1) A donor may make an anatomical gift:
             266          (a) by authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an
             267      anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor's driver license or identification card;
             268          (b) in a will;
             269          (c) during a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication
             270      addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness; or
             271          (d) as provided in Subsection (2).
             272          (2) A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section
             273      26-28-104 may make a gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor or other person
             274      making the gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made
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     unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the
             277      donor or other person and must:
             278          (a) be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness,
             279      who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and
             280          (b) state that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in Subsection (2)(a).
             281          (3) Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a driver license or
             282      identification card upon which an anatomical gift is indicated does not invalidate the gift.
             283          (4) An anatomical gift made by will takes effect upon the donor's death whether or not
             284      the will is probated. Invalidation of the will after the donor's death does not invalidate the gift.
             285          Section 8. Section 26-28-106 is enacted to read:
             286          26-28-106. Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.
             287          (1) Subject to Section 26-28-108 , a donor or other person authorized to make an
             288      anatomical gift under Section 26-28-104 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by:
             289          (a) a record signed by:
             290          (i) the donor;
             291          (ii) the other person; or
             292          (iii) subject to Subsection (2), another individual acting at the direction of the donor or
             293      the other person if the donor or other person is physically unable to sign; or
             294          (b) a later-executed document of gift that amends or revokes a previous anatomical gift
             295      or portion of an anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency.
             296          (2) A record signed pursuant to Subsection (1)(a)(iii) must:
             297          (a) be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness,
             298      who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and
             299          (b) state that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in Subsection (1)(a).
             300          (3) Subject to Section 26-28-108 , a donor or other person authorized to make an
             301      anatomical gift under Section 26-28-104 may revoke an anatomical gift by the destruction or
             302      cancellation of the document of gift, or the portion of the document of gift used to make the
             303      gift, with the intent to revoke the gift.
             304          (4) A donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was not made in a will by any
             305      form of communication during a terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at
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         (5) A donor who makes an anatomical gift in a will may amend or revoke the gift in the
             308      manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in Subsection (1).
             309          Section 9. Section 26-28-107 is enacted to read:
             310          26-28-107. Refusal to make anatomical gift -- Effect of refusal.
             311          (1) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part
             312      by:
             313          (a) a record signed by:
             314          (i) the individual; or
             315          (ii) subject to Subsection (2), another individual acting at the direction of the individual
             316      if the individual is physically unable to sign;
             317          (b) the individual's will, whether or not the will is admitted to probate or invalidated
             318      after the individual's death; or
             319          (c) any form of communication made by the individual during the individual's terminal
             320      illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.
             321          (2) A record signed pursuant to Subsection (1)(a)(ii) must:
             322          (a) be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness,
             323      who have signed at the request of the individual; and
             324          (b) state that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in Subsection (1)(a).
             325          (3) An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke the refusal:
             326          (a) in the manner provided in Subsection (1) for making a refusal;
             327          (b) by subsequently making an anatomical gift pursuant to Section 26-28-105 that is
             328      inconsistent with the refusal; or
             329          (c) by destroying or canceling the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the
             330      record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.
             331          (4) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection 26-28-108 (8), in the absence of an
             332      express, contrary indication by the individual set forth in the refusal, an individual's unrevoked
             333      refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part bars all other persons from
             334      making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part.
             335          Section 10. Section 26-28-108 is enacted to read:
             336          26-28-108. Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation.
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     absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred
             339      from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part if the donor
             340      made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under Section 26-28-105 or an amendment
             341      to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under Section 26-28-106 .
             342          (2) A donor's revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under Section
             343      26-28-106 is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in Section 26-28-104 or
             344      26-28-109 from making an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under Section 26-28-105
             345      or 26-28-110 .
             346          (3) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor's
             347      body or part under Section 26-28-105 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's
             348      body or part under Section 26-28-106 , another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift
             349      of the donor's body or part under Section 26-28-110 .
             350          (4) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part under Section
             351      26-28-106 by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an
             352      anatomical gift of the body or part under Section 26-28-105 or 26-28-110 .
             353          (5) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person
             354      authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 26-28-104 , an anatomical gift of a part is
             355      neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of
             356      another part at a later time by the donor or another person.
             357          (6) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person
             358      authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 26-28-104 , an anatomical gift of a part for
             359      one or more of the purposes set forth in Section 26-28-104 is not a limitation on the making of
             360      an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person
             361      under Section 26-28-105 or 26-28-110 .
             362          (7) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent of the donor who is
             363      reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.
             364          (8) If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a parent of the minor who is
             365      reasonably available may revoke the minor's refusal.
             366          Section 11. Section 26-28-109 is enacted to read:
             367          26-28-109. Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.
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     26-28-108 , an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation,
             370      therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of
             371      persons who is reasonably available, in the order of priority listed:
             372          (a) an agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have made an anatomical
             373      gift under Subsection 26-28-104 (2) immediately before the decedent's death;
             374          (b) the spouse of the decedent;
             375          (c) adult children of the decedent;
             376          (d) parents of the decedent;
             377          (e) adult siblings of the decedent;
             378          (f) adult grandchildren of the decedent;
             379          (g) grandparents of the decedent;
             380          (h) the persons who were acting as the guardians of the person of the decedent at the
             381      time of death; and
             382          (i) any other person having the authority to dispose of the decedent's body.
             383          (2) If there is more than one member of a class listed in Subsection (1)(a), (c), (d), (e),
             384      (f), (g), or (i) entitled to make an anatomical gift, an anatomical gift may be made by a member
             385      of the class unless that member or a person to which the gift may pass under Section 26-28-111
             386      knows of an objection by another member of the class. If an objection is known, the gift may
             387      be made only by a majority of the members of the class who are reasonably available.
             388          (3) A person may not make an anatomical gift if, at the time of the decedent's death, a
             389      person in a prior class under Subsection (1) is reasonably available to make or to object to the
             390      making of an anatomical gift.
             391          Section 12. Section 26-28-110 is enacted to read:
             392          26-28-110. Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of
             393      decedent's body or part.
             394          (1) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 26-28-109 may make
             395      an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that
             396      person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to
             397      a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.
             398          (2) Subject to Subsection (3), an anatomical gift by a person authorized under Section
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     who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior class is reasonably
             401      available, the gift made by a person authorized under Section 26-28-109 may be:
             402          (a) amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the
             403      amending of the gift; or
             404          (b) revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the
             405      revoking of the gift or if they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
             406          (3) A revocation under Subsection (2) is effective only if, before an incision has been
             407      made to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to
             408      prepare the recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician or
             409      technician knows of the revocation.
             410          Section 13. Section 26-28-111 is enacted to read:
             411          26-28-111. Persons that may receive anatomical gift -- Purpose of anatomical gift.
             412          (1) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document
             413      of gift:
             414          (a) a hospital, accredited medical school, dental school, college, university, organ
             415      procurement organization, or other appropriate person, for research or education;
             416          (b) subject to Subsection (2), an individual designated by the person making the
             417      anatomical gift if the individual is the recipient of the part; or
             418          (c) an eye bank or tissue bank.
             419          (2) If an anatomical gift to an individual under Subsection (1)(b) cannot be
             420      transplanted into the individual, the part passes in accordance with Subsection (7) in the
             421      absence of an express, contrary indication by the person making the anatomical gift.
             422          (3) If an anatomical gift of one or more specific parts or of all parts is made in a
             423      document of gift that does not name a person described in Subsection (1) but identifies the
             424      purpose for which an anatomical gift may be used, the following rules apply:
             425          (a) If the part is an eye and the gift is for the purpose of transplantation or therapy, the
             426      gift passes to the appropriate eye bank.
             427          (b) If the part is tissue and the gift is for the purpose of transplantation or therapy, the
             428      gift passes to the appropriate tissue bank.
             429          (c) If the part is an organ and the gift is for the purpose of transplantation or therapy,
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         (d) If the part is an organ, an eye, or tissue and the gift is for the purpose of research or
             432      education, the gift passes to the appropriate procurement organization.
             433          (4) For the purpose of Subsection (3), if there is more than one purpose of an
             434      anatomical gift set forth in the document of gift but the purposes are not set forth in any
             435      priority, the gift must be used for transplantation or therapy, if suitable. If the gift cannot be
             436      used for transplantation or therapy, the gift may be used for research or education.
             437          (5) If an anatomical gift of one or more specific parts is made in a document of gift that
             438      does not name a person described in Subsection (1) and does not identify the purpose of the
             439      gift, the gift may be used only for transplantation or therapy, and the gift passes in accordance
             440      with Subsection (7).
             441          (6) If a document of gift specifies only a general intent to make an anatomical gift by
             442      words such as "donor," "organ donor," or "body donor," or by a symbol or statement of similar
             443      import, the gift may be used only for transplantation or therapy, and the gift passes in
             444      accordance with Subsection (7).
             445          (7) For purposes of Subsections (2), (5), and (7) the following rules apply:
             446          (a) If the part is an eye, the gift passes to the appropriate eye bank.
             447          (b) If the part is tissue, the gift passes to the appropriate tissue bank.
             448          (c) If the part is an organ, the gift passes to the appropriate organ procurement
             449      organization as custodian of the organ.
             450          (8) An anatomical gift of an organ for transplantation or therapy, other than an
             451      anatomical gift under Subsection (1)(b), passes to the organ procurement organization as
             452      custodian of the organ.
             453          (9) If an anatomical gift does not pass pursuant to Subsections (2) through (8) or the
             454      decedent's body or part is not used for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, custody
             455      of the body or part passes to the person under obligation to dispose of the body or part.
             456          (10) A person may not accept an anatomical gift if the person knows that the gift was
             457      not effectively made under Section 26-28-105 or 26-28-110 or if the person knows that the
             458      decedent made a refusal under Section 26-28-107 that was not revoked. For purposes of this
             459      Subsection (10), if a person knows that an anatomical gift was made on a document of gift, the
             460      person is considered to know of any amendment or revocation of the gift or any refusal to make
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         (11) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (1)(b), nothing in this chapter affects
             463      the allocation of organs for transplantation or therapy.
             464          Section 14. Section 26-28-112 is enacted to read:
             465          26-28-112. Search and notification.
             466          (1) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the
             467      person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information
             468      identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:
             469          (a) a law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer
             470      finding the individual;
             471          (b) if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as
             472      practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital; and
             473          (c) a law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical services provider, or
             474      other emergency rescuer who finds an individual who is deceased at the scene of a motor
             475      vehicle accident, when the deceased individual is transported from the scene of the accident to
             476      a funeral establishment licensed under Title 58, Chapter 9, Funeral Services Licensing Act:
             477          (i) the law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical services provider, or
             478      other emergency rescuer shall as soon as reasonably possible, notify the appropriate organ
             479      procurement organization, tissue bank, or eye bank of:
             480          (A) the identity of the deceased individual, if known;
             481          (B) information, if known, pertaining to the deceased individual's legal next-of-kin in
             482      accordance with Section 26-28-109 ; and
             483          (C) the name and location of the funeral establishment which received custody of and
             484      transported the deceased individual; and
             485          (ii) the funeral establishment receiving custody of the deceased individual under this
             486      Subsection (1)(c) may not embalm the body of the deceased individual until:
             487          (A) the funeral establishment receives notice from the organ procurement organization,
             488      tissue bank, or eye bank that the readily available persons listed as having priority in Section
             489      26-28-109 have been informed by the organ procurement organization of the option to make or
             490      refuse to make an anatomical gift in accordance with Section 26-28-4 , with reasonable
             491      discretion and sensitivity appropriate to the circumstances of the family;
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             494          (C) the period of time in which embalming is prohibited under Subsection (1)(c)(ii)
             495      may not exceed 24 hours after death.
             496          (2) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search
             497      required by Subsection (1)(a) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is
             498      taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of
             499      gift or refusal to the hospital.
             500          (3) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the
             501      duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.
             502          Section 15. Section 26-28-113 is enacted to read:
             503          26-28-113. Delivery of document of gift not required -- Right to examine.
             504          (1) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.
             505          (2) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or
             506      a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and
             507      copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the
             508      making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to which the gift
             509      could pass under Section 26-28-111 .
             510          Section 16. Section 26-28-114 is enacted to read:
             511          26-28-114. Rights and duties of procurement organization and others.
             512          (1) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization,
             513      the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the Department of Public
             514      Safety and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the
             515      individual resides to ascertain whether the individual has made an anatomical gift.
             516          (2) A procurement organization must be allowed reasonable access to information in
             517      the records of the Department of Public Safety the to ascertain whether an individual at or near
             518      death is a donor.
             519          (3) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization,
             520      the organization may conduct any reasonable examination necessary to ensure the medical
             521      suitability of a part that is or could be the subject of an anatomical gift for transplantation,
             522      therapy, research, or education from a donor or a prospective donor. During the examination
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     unless the hospital or procurement organization knows that the individual expressed a contrary
             525      intent.
             526          (4) Unless prohibited by law other than this chapter, at any time after a donor's death,
             527      the person to which a part passes under Section 26-28-111 may conduct any reasonable
             528      examination necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the body or part for its intended
             529      purpose.
             530          (5) Unless prohibited by law other than this chapter, an examination under Subsection
             531      (3) or (4) may include an examination of all medical and dental records of the donor or
             532      prospective donor.
             533          (6) Upon the death of a minor who was a donor or had signed a refusal, unless a
             534      procurement organization knows the minor is emancipated, the procurement organization shall
             535      conduct a reasonable search for the parents of the minor and provide the parents with an
             536      opportunity to revoke or amend the anatomical gift or revoke the refusal.
             537          (7) Upon referral by a hospital under Subsection (1), a procurement organization shall
             538      make a reasonable search for any person listed in Section 26-28-109 having priority to make an
             539      anatomical gift on behalf of a prospective donor. If a procurement organization receives
             540      information that an anatomical gift to any other person was made, amended, or revoked, it shall
             541      promptly advise the other person of all relevant information.
             542          (8) Subject to Subsection 26-28-111 (9) and Section 26-28-123 , the rights of the person
             543      to which a part passes under Section 26-28-111 are superior to the rights of all others with
             544      respect to the part. The person may accept or reject an anatomical gift in whole or in part.
             545      Subject to the terms of the document of gift and this chapter, a person that accepts an
             546      anatomical gift of an entire body may allow embalming, burial or cremation, and use of
             547      remains in a funeral service. If the gift is of a part, the person to which the part passes under
             548      Section 26-28-111 , upon the death of the donor and before embalming, burial, or cremation,
             549      shall cause the part to be removed without unnecessary mutilation.
             550          (9) Neither the physician who attends the decedent at death nor the physician who
             551      determines the time of the decedent's death may participate in the procedures for removing or
             552      transplanting a part from the decedent.
             553          (10) A physician or technician may remove a donated part from the body of a donor
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         Section 17. Section 26-28-115 is enacted to read:
             556          26-28-115. Coordination of procurement and use.
             557          Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement
             558      organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.
             559          Section 18. Section 26-28-116 is enacted to read:
             560          26-28-116. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited.
             561          (1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (2), a person that for valuable
             562      consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a
             563      part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death commits a third degree
             564      felony.
             565          (2) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing,
             566      preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.
             567          Section 19. Section 26-28-117 is enacted to read:
             568          26-28-117. Other prohibited acts.
             569          A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges,
             570      conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment, or revocation of a
             571      document of gift, or a refusal commits a third degree felony.
             572          Section 20. Section 26-28-118 is enacted to read:
             573          26-28-118. Immunity.
             574          (1) A person that acts in accordance with this chapter or with the applicable anatomical
             575      gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil
             576      action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding.
             577          (2) Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor's estate is liable for any
             578      injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.
             579          (3) In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked
             580      under this chapter, a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in Subsection
             581      26-28-109 (1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (i) relating to the individual's relationship to the donor
             582      or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.
             583          Section 21. Section 26-28-119 is enacted to read:
             584          26-28-119. Law governing validity -- Choice of law as to execution of document of
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         (1) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:
             587          (a) this chapter;
             588          (b) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or
             589          (c) the laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was
             590      domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was
             591      executed.
             592          (2) If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the
             593      interpretation of the document of gift.
             594          (3) A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift
             595      is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.
             596          Section 22. Section 26-28-120 is enacted to read:
             597          26-28-120. Donor registry.
             598          (1) The Department of Public Safety may establish or contract for the establishment of
             599      a donor registry.
             600          (2) The S. [ Motor Vehicle ] Driver License .S Division of the Department of Public
             600a      Safety shall cooperate
             601      with a person that administers any donor registry that this state establishes, contracts for, or
             602      recognizes for the purpose of transferring to the donor registry all relevant information
             603      regarding a donor's making, amendment to, or revocation of an anatomical gift.
             604          (3) A donor registry must:
             605          (a) allow a donor or other person authorized under Section 26-28-104 to include on the
             606      donor registry a statement or symbol that the donor has made, amended, or revoked an
             607      anatomical gift;
             608          (b) be accessible to a procurement organization to allow it to obtain relevant
             609      information on the donor registry to determine, at or near death of the donor or a prospective
             610      donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical
             611      gift; and
             612          (c) be accessible for purposes of Subsections (3)(a) and (b) seven days a week on a
             613      24-hour basis.
             614          (4) Personally identifiable information on a donor registry about a donor or prospective
             615      donor may not be used or disclosed without the express consent of the donor, prospective
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     near death of the donor or prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has
             618      made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift.
             619          (5) This section does not prohibit any person from creating or maintaining a donor
             620      registry that is not established by or under contract with the state. Any such registry must
             621      comply with Subsections (3) and (4).
             622          Section 23. Section 26-28-121 is enacted to read:
             623          26-28-121. Effect of anatomical gift on advance health care directive.
             624          (1) As used in this section:
             625          (a) "Advance health care directive" means a power of attorney for health care or a
             626      record signed by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor's direction concerning a
             627      health care decision for the prospective donor.
             628          (b) "Declaration" means a record signed by a prospective donor specifying the
             629      circumstances under which a life support system may be withheld or withdrawn from the
             630      prospective donor.
             631          (c) "Health care decision" means any decision made regarding the health care of the
             632      prospective donor.
             633          (2) If a prospective donor has a declaration or advance health care directive, measures
             634      necessary to ensure the medical suitability of an organ for transplantation or therapy may not be
             635      withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor, unless the declaration expressly provides to
             636      the contrary.
             637          Section 24. Section 26-28-122 is enacted to read:
             638          26-28-122. Cooperation between medical examiner and procurement
             639      organization.
             640          (1) A medical examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize
             641      the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research,
             642      or education.
             643          (2) If a medical examiner receives notice from a procurement organization that an
             644      anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under
             645      the jurisdiction of the medical examiner and a postmortem examination is going to be
             646      performed, unless the medical examiner denies recovery in accordance with Section 26-28-123 ,
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     part in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the
             649      gift.
             650          (3) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a
             651      medical examiner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the part is the
             652      subject of an anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical
             653      examiner may not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the
             654      subject of an anatomical gift. This Subsection (3) does not preclude a medical examiner from
             655      performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the
             656      jurisdiction of the medical examiner.
             657          Section 25. Section 26-28-123 is enacted to read:
             658          26-28-123. Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under
             659      jurisdiction of medical examiner.
             660          (1) Upon request of a procurement organization, a medical examiner shall release to
             661      the procurement organization the name, contact information, and available medical and social
             662      history of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner. If the
             663      decedent's body or part is medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education,
             664      the medical examiner shall release postmortem examination results to the procurement
             665      organization. The procurement organization may make a subsequent disclosure of the
             666      postmortem examination results or other information received from the medical examiner only
             667      if relevant to transplantation or therapy.
             668          (2) The medical examiner may conduct a medicolegal examination by reviewing all
             669      medical records, laboratory test results, x-rays, other diagnostic results, and other information
             670      that any person possesses about a donor or prospective donor whose body is under the
             671      jurisdiction of the medical examiner which the medical examiner determines may be relevant
             672      to the investigation.
             673          (3) A person that has any information requested by a medical examiner pursuant to
             674      Subsection (2) shall provide that information as expeditiously as possible to allow the medical
             675      examiner to conduct the medicolegal investigation within a period compatible with the
             676      preservation of parts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.
             677          (4) If an anatomical gift has been or might be made of a part of a decedent whose body
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     required, or the medical examiner determines that a postmortem examination is required but
             680      that the recovery of the part that is the subject of an anatomical gift will not interfere with the
             681      examination, the medical examiner and procurement organization shall cooperate in the timely
             682      removal of the part from the decedent for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or
             683      education.
             684          (5) If an anatomical gift of a part from the decedent under the jurisdiction of the
             685      medical examiner has been or might be made, but the medical examiner initially believes that
             686      the recovery of the part could interfere with the postmortem investigation into the decedent's
             687      cause or manner of death, the medical examiner shall consult with the procurement
             688      organization or physician or technician designated by the procurement organization about the
             689      proposed recovery. After consultation, the medical examiner may allow the recovery.
             690          (6) Following the consultation under Subsection (5), in the absence of mutually agreed
             691      upon protocols to resolve conflict between the medical examiner and the procurement
             692      organization, if the medical examiner intends to deny recovery, the medical examiner or
             693      designee, at the request of the procurement organization, may attend the removal procedure for
             694      the part before making a final determination not to allow the procurement organization to
             695      recover the part. During the removal procedure, the medical examiner or designee may allow
             696      recovery by the procurement organization to proceed, or, if the medical examiner or designee
             697      reasonably believes that the part may be involved in determining the decedent's cause or
             698      manner of death, deny recovery by the procurement organization.
             699          (7) If the medical examiner or designee denies recovery under Subsection (6), the
             700      medical examiner or designee shall:
             701          (a) explain in a record the specific reasons for not allowing recovery of the part;
             702          (b) include the specific reasons in the records of the medical examiner; and
             703          (c) provide a record with the specific reasons to the procurement organization.
             704          (8) If the medical examiner or designee allows recovery of a part under Subsection (4),
             705      (5), or (6), the procurement organization, upon request, shall cause the physician or technician
             706      who removes the part to provide the medical examiner with a record describing the condition
             707      of the part, a biopsy, a photograph, and any other information and observations that would
             708      assist in the postmortem examination.
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     under Subsection (6), upon request the procurement organization requesting the recovery of the
             711      part shall reimburse the medical examiner or designee for the additional costs incurred in
             712      complying with Subsection (6).
             713          Section 26. Section 26-28-124 is enacted to read:
             714          26-28-124. Uniformity of application and construction.
             715          In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to
             716      promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
             717          Section 27. Section 26-28-125 is enacted to read:
             718          26-28-125. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
             719          This act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and
             720      National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or
             721      supersede Section 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001, or authorize electronic delivery
             722      of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b).
             723          Section 28. Section 53-1-106 is amended to read:
             724           53-1-106. Department duties -- Powers.
             725          (1) In addition to the responsibilities contained in this title, the department shall:
             726          (a) make rules and perform the functions specified in Title 41, Chapter 6a, Traffic
             727      Code, including:
             728          (i) setting performance standards for towing companies to be used by the department,
             729      as required by Section 41-6a-1406 ; and
             730          (ii) advising the Department of Transportation regarding the safe design and operation
             731      of school buses, as required by Section 41-6a-1304 ;
             732          (b) make rules to establish and clarify standards pertaining to the curriculum and
             733      teaching methods of a motor vehicle accident prevention course under Section 31A-19a-211 ;
             734          (c) aid in enforcement efforts to combat drug trafficking;
             735          (d) meet with the Department of Technology Services to formulate contracts, establish
             736      priorities, and develop funding mechanisms for dispatch and telecommunications operations;
             737          (e) provide assistance to the Crime Victims' Reparations Board and Reparations Office
             738      in conducting research or monitoring victims' programs, as required by Section 63-25a-405 ;
             739          (f) develop sexual assault exam protocol standards in conjunction with the Utah
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         (g) engage in emergency planning activities, including preparation of policy and
             742      procedure and rulemaking necessary for implementation of the federal Emergency Planning
             743      and Community Right to Know Act of 1986, as required by Section 63-5-5 ;
             744          (h) implement the provisions of Section 53-2-202 , the Emergency Management
             745      Assistance Compact; and
             746          (i) (i) maintain a database of the information listed below regarding each driver license
             747      or state identification card status check made by a law enforcement officer:
             748          (A) the agency employing the law enforcement officer;
             749          (B) the name of the law enforcement officer or the identifying number the agency has
             750      assigned to the law enforcement officer;
             751          (C) the race and gender of the law enforcement officer;
             752          (D) the purpose of the law enforcement officer's status check, including but not limited
             753      to a traffic stop or a pedestrian stop; and
             754          (E) the race of the individual regarding whom the status check is made, based on the
             755      information provided through the application process under Section 53-3-205 or 53-3-804 ;
             756          (ii) provide access to the database created in Subsection (1)(i)(i) to the Commission on
             757      Criminal and Juvenile Justice for the purpose of:
             758          (A) evaluating the data;
             759          (B) evaluating the effectiveness of the data collection process; and
             760          (C) reporting and making recommendations to the Legislature; and
             761          (iii) classify any personal identifying information of any individual, including law
             762      enforcement officers, in the database as protected records under Subsection 63-2-304 (9).
             763          (2) (a) The department may establish a schedule of fees as required or allowed in this
             764      title for services provided by the department.
             765          (b) The fees shall be established in accordance with Section 63-38-3.2 .
             766          (3) The department may establish or contract for the establishment of an Organ
             767      Procurement Donor Registry in accordance with Section 26-28-120 .
             768          Section 29. Section 53-3-205 is amended to read:
             769           53-3-205. Application for license or endorsement -- Fee required -- Tests --
             770      Expiration dates of licenses and endorsements -- Information required -- Previous
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     Fee required -- License agreement.
             773          (1) An application for any original license, provisional license, or endorsement shall
             774      be:
             775          (a) made upon a form furnished by the division; and
             776          (b) accompanied by a nonrefundable fee set under Section 53-3-105 .
             777          (2) An application and fee for an original provisional class D license or an original
             778      class D license entitle the applicant to:
             779          (a) not more than three attempts to pass both the knowledge and the skills tests for a
             780      class D license within six months of the date of the application;
             781          (b) a learner permit if needed pending completion of the application and testing
             782      process; and
             783          (c) an original class D license and license certificate after all tests are passed.
             784          (3) An application and fee for an original class M license entitle the applicant to:
             785          (a) not more than three attempts to pass both the knowledge and skills tests for a class
             786      M license within six months of the date of the application;
             787          (b) a motorcycle learner permit if needed after the knowledge test is passed; and
             788          (c) an original class M license and license certificate after all tests are passed.
             789          (4) An application and fee for a motorcycle or taxicab endorsement entitle the
             790      applicant to:
             791          (a) not more than three attempts to pass both the knowledge and skills tests within six
             792      months of the date of the application;
             793          (b) a motorcycle learner permit if needed after the motorcycle knowledge test is
             794      passed; and
             795          (c) a motorcycle or taxicab endorsement when all tests are passed.
             796          (5) An application and fees for a commercial class A, B, or C license entitle the
             797      applicant to:
             798          (a) not more than two attempts to pass a knowledge test and not more than two
             799      attempts to pass a skills test within six months of the date of the application;
             800          (b) a commercial driver instruction permit if needed after the knowledge test is passed;
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     applicable tests are passed.
             804          (6) An application and fee for a CDL endorsement entitle the applicant to:
             805          (a) not more than two attempts to pass a knowledge test and not more than two
             806      attempts to pass a skills test within six months of the date of the application; and
             807          (b) a CDL endorsement when all tests are passed.
             808          (7) If a CDL applicant does not pass a knowledge test, skills test, or an endorsement
             809      test within the number of attempts provided in Subsection (5) or (6), each test may be taken
             810      two additional times within the six months for the fee provided in Section 53-3-105 .
             811          (8) (a) Except as provided under Subsections (8)(f), (g), and (h), an original license
             812      expires on the birth date of the applicant in the fifth year following the year the license
             813      certificate was issued.
             814          (b) Except as provided under Subsections (8)(f), (g), and (h), a renewal or an extension
             815      to a license expires on the birth date of the licensee in the fifth year following the expiration
             816      date of the license certificate renewed or extended.
             817          (c) Except as provided under Subsections (8)(f) and (g), a duplicate license expires on
             818      the same date as the last license certificate issued.
             819          (d) An endorsement to a license expires on the same date as the license certificate
             820      regardless of the date the endorsement was granted.
             821          (e) A license and any endorsement to the license held by a person ordered to active
             822      duty and stationed outside Utah in any of the armed forces of the United States, which expires
             823      during the time period the person is stationed outside of the state, is valid until 90 days after the
             824      person has been discharged or has left the service, unless:
             825          (i) the license is suspended, disqualified, denied, or has been cancelled or revoked by
             826      the division; or
             827          (ii) the licensee updates the information or photograph on the license certificate.
             828          (f) An original license or a renewal to an original license obtained using proof under
             829      Subsection (9)(a)(i)(E)(III) expires on the date of the expiration of the applicant's foreign visa,
             830      permit, or other document granting legal presence in the United States or on the date provided
             831      under this Subsection (8), whichever is sooner.
             832          (g) (i) An original license or a renewal or a duplicate to an original license expires on
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         (A) the license was obtained without using a Social Security number as required under
             835      Subsection (9); and
             836          (B) the license certificate or driving privilege card is not clearly distinguished as
             837      required under Subsection 53-3-207 (6).
             838          (ii) A driving privilege card issued or renewed under Section 53-3-207 expires on the
             839      birth date of the applicant in the first year following the year that the driving privilege card was
             840      issued or renewed.
             841          (iii) The expiration dates provided under Subsections (8)(g)(i) and (ii) do not apply to
             842      an original license or driving privilege card or to the renewal of an original license or driving
             843      privilege card with an expiration date provided under Subsection (8)(f).
             844          (h) An original license or a renewal to an original license expires on the birth date of
             845      the applicant in the first year following the year that the license was issued if the applicant is
             846      required to register as a sex offender under Section 77-27-21.5 .
             847          (9) (a) In addition to the information required by Title 63, Chapter 46b, Administrative
             848      Procedures Act, for requests for agency action, each applicant shall:
             849          (i) provide the applicant's:
             850          (A) full legal name;
             851          (B) birth date;
             852          (C) gender;
             853          (D) between July 1, 2002 and July 1, 2007, race in accordance with the categories
             854      established by the United States Census Bureau;
             855          (E) (I) Social Security number;
             856          (II) temporary identification number (ITIN) issued by the Internal Revenue Service for
             857      a person who does not qualify for a Social Security number; or
             858          (III) (Aa) proof that the applicant is a citizen of a country other than the United States;
             859          (Bb) proof that the applicant does not qualify for a Social Security number; and
             860          (Cc) proof of legal presence in the United States, as authorized under federal law; and
             861          (F) Utah residence address as documented by a form acceptable under rules made by
             862      the division under Section 53-3-104 , unless the application is for a temporary CDL issued
             863      under Subsection 53-3-407 (2)(b);
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         (iii) state whether the applicant has previously been licensed to drive a motor vehicle
             866      and, if so, when and by what state or country;
             867          (iv) state whether the applicant has ever had any license suspended, cancelled, revoked,
             868      disqualified, or denied in the last six years, or whether the applicant has ever had any license
             869      application refused, and if so, the date of and reason for the suspension, cancellation,
             870      revocation, disqualification, denial, or refusal;
             871          (v) state whether the applicant intends to make an anatomical gift under Title 26,
             872      Chapter 28, Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, in compliance with Subsection (16);
             873          (vi) state whether the applicant is required to register as a sex offender under Section
             874      77-27-21.5 ;
             875          (vii) state whether the applicant is a military veteran and does or does not authorize
             876      sharing the information with the state Division of Veterans' Affairs;
             877          (viii) provide all other information the division requires; and
             878          (ix) sign the application which signature may include an electronic signature as defined
             879      in Section 46-4-102 .
             880          (b) Each applicant shall have a Utah residence address, unless the application is for a
             881      temporary CDL issued under Subsection 53-3-407 (2)(b).
             882          (c) The division shall maintain on its computerized records an applicant's:
             883          (i) (A) Social Security number;
             884          (B) temporary identification number (ITIN); or
             885          (C) other number assigned by the division if Subsection (9)(a)(i)(E)(III) applies; and
             886          (ii) indication whether the applicant is required to register as a sex offender under
             887      Section 77-27-21.5 .
             888          (d) An applicant may not be denied a license for refusing to provide race information
             889      required under Subsection (9)(a)(i)(D).
             890          (10) The division shall require proof of every applicant's name, birthdate, and
             891      birthplace by at least one of the following means:
             892          (a) current license certificate;
             893          (b) birth certificate;
             894          (c) Selective Service registration; or
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     other evidence considered acceptable by the division.
             897          (11) When an applicant receives a license in another class, all previous license
             898      certificates shall be surrendered and canceled. However, a disqualified commercial license may
             899      not be canceled unless it expires before the new license certificate is issued.
             900          (12) (a) When an application is received from a person previously licensed in another
             901      state to drive a motor vehicle, the division shall request a copy of the driver's record from the
             902      other state.
             903          (b) When received, the driver's record becomes part of the driver's record in this state
             904      with the same effect as though entered originally on the driver's record in this state.
             905          (13) An application for reinstatement of a license after the suspension, cancellation,
             906      disqualification, denial, or revocation of a previous license shall be accompanied by the
             907      additional fee or fees specified in Section 53-3-105 .
             908          (14) A person who has an appointment with the division for testing and fails to keep
             909      the appointment or to cancel at least 48 hours in advance of the appointment shall pay the fee
             910      under Section 53-3-105 .
             911          (15) A person who applies for an original license or renewal of a license agrees that the
             912      person's license is subject to any suspension or revocation authorized under this title or Title
             913      41, Motor Vehicles.
             914          (16) (a) The indication of intent under Subsection (9)(a)(v) shall be authenticated by
             915      the licensee in accordance with division rule.
             916          (b) (i) Notwithstanding Title 63, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and
             917      Management Act, the division may, upon request, release to an organ procurement
             918      organization, as defined in Section [ 26-28-2 ] 26-28-102 , the names and addresses of all
             919      persons who under Subsection (9)(a)(v) indicate that they intend to make an anatomical gift.
             920          (ii) An organ procurement organization may use released information only to:
             921          (A) obtain additional information for an anatomical gift registry; and
             922          (B) inform licensees of anatomical gift options, procedures, and benefits.
             923          (17) Notwithstanding Title 63, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and
             924      Management Act, the division may release to the Division of Veterans' Affairs the names and
             925      addresses of all persons who indicate their status as a veteran under Subsection (9)(a)(vii).
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     information provided under Subsection (9)(a)(v) or (vii), for direct or indirect:
             928          (a) loss;
             929          (b) detriment; or
             930          (c) injury.
             931          (19) A person who knowingly fails to provide the information required under
             932      Subsection (9)(a)(vi) is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
             933          Section 30. Section 53-3-207 is amended to read:
             934           53-3-207. License certificates or driving privilege cards issued to drivers by class
             935      of motor vehicle -- Contents -- Release of anatomical gift information -- Temporary
             936      licenses or driving privilege cards -- Minors' licenses, cards, and permits -- Violation.
             937          (1) As used in this section:
             938          (a) "driving privilege" means the privilege granted under this chapter to drive a motor
             939      vehicle;
             940          (b) "driving privilege card" means the evidence of the privilege granted and issued
             941      under this chapter to drive a motor vehicle;
             942          (c) "governmental entity" means the state and its political subdivisions as defined in
             943      this Subsection (1);
             944          (d) "political subdivision" means any county, city, town, school district, public transit
             945      district, redevelopment agency, special improvement or taxing district, special district, an entity
             946      created by an interlocal agreement adopted under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation
             947      Act, or other governmental subdivision or public corporation; and
             948          (e) "state" means this state, and includes any office, department, agency, authority,
             949      commission, board, institution, hospital, college, university, children's justice center, or other
             950      instrumentality of the state.
             951          (2) (a) The division shall issue to every person privileged to drive a motor vehicle, a
             952      license certificate or a driving privilege card indicating the type or class of motor vehicle the
             953      person may drive.
             954          (b) A person may not drive a class of motor vehicle unless granted the privilege in that
             955      class.
             956          (3) (a) Every license certificate or driving privilege card shall bear:
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         (ii) the name, birth date, and Utah residence address of the person;
             959          (iii) a brief description of the person for the purpose of identification;
             960          (iv) any restrictions imposed on the license under Section 53-3-208 ;
             961          (v) a photograph of the person;
             962          (vi) a photograph or other facsimile of the person's signature; and
             963          (vii) an indication whether the person intends to make an anatomical gift under Title
             964      26, Chapter 28, Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, unless the driving privilege is extended
             965      under Subsection 53-3-214 (3).
             966          (b) A new license certificate issued by the division may not bear the person's Social
             967      Security number.
             968          (c) (i) The license certificate or driving privilege card shall be of an impervious
             969      material, resistant to wear, damage, and alteration.
             970          (ii) Except as provided under Subsection (4)(b), the size, form, and color of the license
             971      certificate or driving privilege card shall be as prescribed by the commissioner.
             972          (iii) The commissioner may also prescribe the issuance of a special type of limited
             973      license certificate or driving privilege card under Subsection 53-3-220 (4) and may authorize
             974      the issuance of a renewed or duplicate license certificate or driving privilege card without a
             975      picture if the applicant is not then living in the state.
             976          (4) (a) (i) The division upon determining after an examination that an applicant is
             977      mentally and physically qualified to be granted a driving privilege may issue to an applicant a
             978      receipt for the fee.
             979          (ii) The receipt serves as a temporary license certificate or temporary driving privilege
             980      card allowing the person to drive a motor vehicle while the division is completing its
             981      investigation to determine whether the person is entitled to be granted a driving privilege.
             982          (b) The receipt shall be in the person's immediate possession while driving a motor
             983      vehicle, and it is invalid when the person's license certificate or driving privilege card has been
             984      issued or when, for good cause, the privilege has been refused.
             985          (c) The division shall indicate on the receipt a date after which it is not valid as a
             986      license certificate or driving privilege card.
             987          (5) (a) The division shall distinguish learner permits, temporary permits, license
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     use of plainly printed information or the use of a color or other means not used for other license
             990      certificates or driving privilege cards.
             991          (b) The division shall distinguish a license certificate or driving privilege card issued to
             992      any person:
             993          (i) younger than 21 years of age by use of a portrait-style format not used for other
             994      license certificates or driving privilege cards and by plainly printing the date the license
             995      certificate or driving privilege card holder is 21 years of age, which is the legal age for
             996      purchasing an alcoholic beverage or product under Section 32A-12-203 ; and
             997          (ii) younger than 19 years of age, by plainly printing the date the license certificate or
             998      driving privilege card holder is 19 years of age, which is the legal age for purchasing tobacco
             999      products under Section 76-10-104 .
             1000          (6) (a) The division shall only issue a driving privilege card to a person whose privilege
             1001      was obtained without using a Social Security number as required under Subsection
             1002      53-3-205 (9).
             1003          (b) The division shall distinguish a driving privilege card from a license certificate by:
             1004          (i) use of a format, color, font, or other means; and
             1005          (ii) clearly displaying on the front of the driving privilege card a phrase substantially
             1006      similar to "FOR DRIVING PRIVILEGES ONLY -- NOT VALID FOR IDENTIFICATION".
             1007          (7) The provisions of Subsection (5)(b) do not apply to a learner permit, temporary
             1008      permit, or any other temporary permit or receipt issued by the division.
             1009          (8) The division shall issue temporary license certificates or temporary driving
             1010      privilege cards of the same nature, except as to duration, as the license certificates or driving
             1011      privilege cards that they temporarily replace, as are necessary to implement applicable
             1012      provisions of this section and Section 53-3-223 .
             1013          (9) A governmental entity may not accept a driving privilege card as proof of personal
             1014      identification.
             1015          (10) A person who violates Subsection (2)(b) is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
             1016          (11) Except as provided under this section, the provisions, requirements, classes,
             1017      endorsements, fees, restrictions, and sanctions under this code apply to a:
             1018          (a) driving privilege in the same way as a license issued under this chapter; and
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     chapter.
             1021          Section 31. Section 53-3-804 is amended to read:
             1022           53-3-804. Application for identification card -- Required information -- Release
             1023      of anatomical gift information.
             1024          (1) To apply for an identification card, the applicant shall:
             1025          (a) be a Utah resident;
             1026          (b) have a Utah residence address; and
             1027          (c) appear in person at any license examining station.
             1028          (2) The applicant shall provide the following information to the division:
             1029          (a) true and full legal name and Utah residence address;
             1030          (b) date of birth as set forth in a certified copy of the applicant's birth certificate, or
             1031      other satisfactory evidence of birth, which shall be attached to the application;
             1032          (c) Social Security number;
             1033          (d) place of birth;
             1034          (e) height and weight;
             1035          (f) color of eyes and hair;
             1036          (g) between July 1, 2002 and July 1, 2007, race in accordance with the categories
             1037      established by the United States Census Bureau;
             1038          (h) signature;
             1039          (i) photograph;
             1040          (j) an indication whether the applicant intends to make an anatomical gift under Title
             1041      26, Chapter 28, Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act;
             1042          (k) an indication whether the applicant is required to register as a sex offender under
             1043      Section 77-27-21.5 ; and
             1044          (l) an indication whether the applicant is a military veteran and does or does not
             1045      authorize sharing the information with the state Division of Veterans' Affairs.
             1046          (3) The requirements of Section 53-3-234 apply to this section for each person, age 16
             1047      and older, applying for an identification card. Refusal to consent to the release of information
             1048      shall result in the denial of the identification card.
             1049          (4) An applicant may not be denied an identification card for refusing to provide race
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         (5) A person who knowingly fails to provide the information required under Subsection
             1052      (2)(k) is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
             1053          Section 32. Section 53-3-805 is amended to read:
             1054           53-3-805. Identification card -- Contents -- Specifications.
             1055          (1) (a) The division shall issue an identification card that bears:
             1056          (i) the distinguishing number assigned to the person by the division;
             1057          (ii) the name, birth date, and Utah residence address of the person;
             1058          (iii) a brief description of the person for the purpose of identification;
             1059          (iv) a photograph of the person;
             1060          (v) a photograph or other facsimile of the person's signature; and
             1061          (vi) an indication whether the person intends to make an anatomical gift under Title 26,
             1062      Chapter 28, Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
             1063          (b) An identification card issued by the division may not bear the person's Social
             1064      Security number or place of birth.
             1065          (2) (a) The card shall be of an impervious material, resistant to wear, damage, and
             1066      alteration.
             1067          (b) Except as provided under Section 53-3-806 , the size, form, and color of the card is
             1068      prescribed by the commissioner.
             1069          (3) At the applicant's request, the card may include a statement that the applicant has a
             1070      special medical problem or allergies to certain drugs, for the purpose of medical treatment.
             1071          (4) (a) The indication of intent under Subsection 53-3-804 (2)(j) shall be authenticated
             1072      by the applicant in accordance with division rule.
             1073          (b) (i) Notwithstanding Title 63, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and
             1074      Management Act, the division may, upon request, release to an organ procurement
             1075      organization, as defined in Section [ 26-28-2 ] 26-28-102 , the names and addresses of all
             1076      persons who under Subsection 53-3-804 (2)(j) indicate that they intend to make an anatomical
             1077      gift.
             1078          (ii) An organ procurement organization may use released information only to:
             1079          (A) obtain additional information for an anatomical gift registry; and
             1080          (B) inform applicants of anatomical gift options, procedures, and benefits.
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     Management Act, the division may release to the Division of Veterans' Affairs the names and
             1083      addresses of all persons who indicate their status as a veteran under Subsection 53-3-804 (2)(l).
             1084          (6) The division and its employees are not liable, as a result of false or inaccurate
             1085      information provided under Subsection 53-3-804 (2)(j) or (l), for direct or indirect:
             1086          (a) loss;
             1087          (b) detriment; or
             1088          (c) injury.
             1089          Section 33. Section 76-9-704 is amended to read:
             1090           76-9-704. Abuse or desecration of a dead human body -- Penalties.
             1091          (1) For purposes of this section, "dead human body" includes any part of a human body
             1092      in any stage of decomposition, including ancient human remains.
             1093          (2) A person is guilty of abuse or desecration of a dead human body if the person
             1094      intentionally and unlawfully:
             1095          (a) fails to report the finding of a dead human body to a local law enforcement agency;
             1096          (b) disturbs, moves, removes, conceals, or destroys a dead human body or any part of
             1097      it;
             1098          (c) disinters a buried or otherwise interred dead human body, without authority of a
             1099      court order;
             1100          (d) dismembers a dead human body to any extent, or damages or detaches any part or
             1101      portion of a dead human body; or
             1102          (e) (i) commits or attempts to commit upon any dead human body any act of sexual
             1103      penetration, regardless of the sex of the actor and of the dead human body; and
             1104          (ii) as used in Subsection (2)(e)(i), "sexual penetration" means penetration, however
             1105      slight, of the genital or anal opening by any object, substance, instrument, or device, including
             1106      a part of the human body, or penetration involving the genitals of the actor and the mouth of
             1107      the dead human body.
             1108          (3) A person does not violate this section if when that person directs or carries out
             1109      procedures regarding a dead human body, that person complies with:
             1110          (a) Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 3, Antiquities;
             1111          (b) Title 26, Chapter 4, Utah Medical Examiner Act;
             1112          (c) Title 26, Chapter 28, Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act;



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         (d) Title 53B, Chapter 17, Part 3, Use of Dead Bodies for Medical Purposes;
             1114          (e) Title 58, Chapter 9, Funeral Services Licensing Act; or
             1115          (f) Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, which concerns licensing to
             1116      practice medicine.
             1117          (4) (a) Failure to report the finding of a dead human body as required under Subsection
             1118      (2)(a) is a class B misdemeanor.
             1119          (b) Abuse or desecration of a dead human body as described in Subsections (2)(b)
             1120      through (e) is a third degree felony.
             1121          Section 34. Repealer.
             1122          This bill repeals:
             1123          Section 26-28-1, Short title.
             1124          Section 26-28-2, Definitions.
             1125          Section 26-28-3, Anatomical gifts -- Eligibility to make -- Procedures.
             1126          Section 26-28-4, Anatomical gifts by others -- Donations or revocations.
             1127          Section 26-28-5, Authorization by medical examiner for anatomical gift.
             1128          Section 26-28-6, Routine inquiry and required request -- Search and notification.
             1129          Section 26-28-7, Persons eligible to act pursuant to anatomical gifts.
             1130          Section 26-28-8, Delivery of document of gift.
             1131          Section 26-28-9, Rights and duties at death.
             1132          Section 26-28-10, Sale or purchase of parts prohibited.
             1133          Section 26-28-11, Examination -- Liability.
             1134          Section 26-28-12, Uniformity of application and construction.
             1135          Section 35. Effective date.
             1136          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2007.





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