Oklahoma § 63-2200.22 - Repealed by Laws 2009, c. 139, § 31, eff. Nov. 1,
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 63-2200.22 — Repealed by Laws 2009, c. 139, § 31, eff. Nov. 1,, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 63-2200.22. Repealed by Laws 2009, c. 139, § 31, eff. Nov. 1,
2009.
NOTE: This section was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma
Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008
OK 102 (2009).
§63-2200.22A. Cooperation between medical examiner and procurement
organizations.
A. A medical examiner shall cooperate with procurement
organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical
gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or
education.
B. If a medical examiner receives notice from a procurement
organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made
with respect to a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of
the medical examiner and a postmortem examination is going to be
performed, unless the medical examiner denies recovery in accordance
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety
with Section 23 of this act, the medical examiner or designee shall
conduct a postmortem examination of the body or the part in a manner
and within a period compatible with its preservation for the
purposes of the gift.
C. A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under
the jurisdiction of a medical examiner for transplantation, therapy,
research, or education unless the part is the subject of an
anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of
the medical examiner may not be delivered to a person for research
or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift.
This subsection does not preclude a medical examiner from performing
the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent
under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 139, § 22, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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