NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 166

SENATE BILL 212

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DONATION OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE WARD'S BODY BY THE GUARDIAN BEFORE THE TIME OF THE WARD'S DEATH.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The last sentence of G.S. 90-220.2(b) is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"The persons authorized by this subsection may make the gift after or immediately before death; provided, however, the guardian of the person of a ward may make the gift at any time during the guardianship and the gift shall become effective upon the death of the ward unless the guardianship shall have terminated before death."

Sec. 2.  Subsection (e) of G.S. 90-220.4 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Any gift by a person designated in G.S. 90-220.2(b) shall be made by a document signed by him or made by his telegraphic, recorded telephonic, or other recorded message; provided, however, a guardian of the person of a ward, who makes a gift of all or any part of the ward's body prior to the ward's death, shall make the gift by a document signed by him and filed with the clerk of court having jurisdiction over the guardian."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 90-220.5 is hereby amended by adding the words "or the guardian" after the word "donor" in line 1 and by adding the words "or ward's" after the word "donor's" in line 8.

Sec. 4.  G.S. 90-220.6(a) is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end of the subsection:

"A guardian may amend or revoke the gift by the execution and delivery to the donee of a signed statement."

Sec. 5.  G.S. 90-220.6(b) is hereby amended by adding the words "or guardian" after the word "donor" in line 2.

Sec. 6.  G.S. 90-220.7 is hereby amended by (i) adding the words "or ward" after the word "donor" in the sixth line of subsection (a) and by (ii) adding the words "or ward" after the word "donor" in the first line of subsection (b).

Sec. 7.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of April, 1977.