District Of Columbia § 7-1531.07 - Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation.
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§ 7-1531.07. Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation.
7-1531.07Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this section and subject to subsection (f) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under .
A donor’s revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in or from making an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under or .
If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under , another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor’s body or part under .
A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part under by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under or .
In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under , an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.
In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under , an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth in is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person under or .
If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part.
If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a parent of the minor who is reasonably available may revoke the minor’s refusal.
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Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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