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68.50.290 | Corneal tissue for transplantation—Presumption of good faith. | In any subsequent civil action in which the next of kin of a decedent contends that he/she affirmatively informed the county coroner or medical examiner or designee of his/her objection to removal of corneal tissue from the decedent, it shall be presumed that the county coroner or medical examiner acted in good faith a... |
68.50.300 | Release of information concerning a death. | (1) The county coroner, medical examiner, or prosecuting attorney having jurisdiction may in such official's discretion release information concerning a person's death to the media and general public, in order to aid in identifying the deceased, when the identity of the deceased is unknown to the official and when he o... |
68.50.310 | Dental identification system established—Powers and duties. | A dental identification system is established in the identification section of the Washington state patrol. The dental identification system shall act as a repository or computer center or both for dental examination records and it shall be responsible for comparing such records with dental records filed under RCW 68.5... |
68.50.320 | Procedures for investigating missing persons—Availability of files. | When a person reported missing has not been found within thirty days of the report, or at any time the investigating agency suspects criminal activity to be the basis of the victim being missing, the sheriff, chief of police, county coroner or county medical examiner, or other law enforcement authority initiating and c... |
68.50.325 | Indigenous persons—Identification of remains—Spiritual practices. | (1) A county coroner having jurisdiction over human remains pursuant to RCW 68.50.010 shall, upon knowledge that the remains are of an indigenous person, cooperate with law enforcement to attempt to identify and immediately contact family members and any affected tribes, tribal organizations, and communities prior to r... |
68.50.330 | Identification of body or human remains by dental examination—Comparison of dental examination records with dental records of dental identification system. | If the county coroner or county medical examiner investigating a death is unable to establish the identity of a body or human remains by visual means, fingerprints, or other identifying data, he or she shall have a qualified dentist, as determined by the county coroner or county medical examiner, carry out a dental exa... |
68.50.645 | Skeletal human remains—Duty to notify—Ground disturbing activities—Coroner determination—Definitions. | (1) It is the duty of every person who knows of the existence and location of skeletal human remains to notify the coroner and local law enforcement in the most expeditious manner possible, unless such person has good reason to believe that such notice has already been given. Any person knowing of the existence of skel... |
68.50.900 | Effective date—1987 c 331. | See RCW 68.05.900 . |
68.50.901 | Application—1993 c 228. | RCW * 68.50.520 through ** 68.50.630 and 68.50.901 through 68.50.904 apply to a document of gift, revocation, or refusal to make an anatomical gift signed by the donor or a person authorized to make or object to making an anatomical gift before, on, or after July 25, 1993.
[ 1993 c 228 s 12 .]
Reviser's note: *(1) RCW ... |
68.50.902 | Application—Construction—1993 c 228. | This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this act among states enacting it.
[ 1993 c 228 s 13 .] |
68.50.903 | Severability—1993 c 228. | If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
[ 1993 c 228 s 14 .] |
68.50.904 | Short title—1993 c 228. | RCW * 68.50.520 through ** 68.50.630 and 68.50.901 through 68.50.903 may be cited as the "uniform anatomical gift act."
[ 1993 c 228 s 16 .]
Reviser's note: *(1) RCW 68.50.520 through 68.50.620 were repealed by 2008 c 139 s 31 . **(2) RCW 68.50.630 was repealed by 2002 c 45 s 1 . |
68.52.010 | Morgues authorized in counties. | The county legislative authority of each county may at its discretion provide and equip a public morgue together with suitable morgue wagon for the conveyance, receipt and proper disposition of the bodies of all deceased persons not claimed by relatives, and of all dead bodies which are by law subject to a postmortem o... |
68.52.020 | Coroner to control morgue—Expense. | Such morgue shall be under the control and management of the coroner who shall have power with the advice and consent of the county commissioners, to employ the necessary deputies and employees; and, with the advice and consent of the county commissioners, to fix their salaries and compensation, which, together with th... |
68.52.030 | Counties and cities may provide for burial, acquire cemeteries, etc. | Each and every county, town or city, shall have power to provide a hearse and pall for burial of the dead, and to procure and hold lands for burying grounds, and to make regulations and fence the same, and to preserve the monuments erected therein, and to levy and collect the necessary taxes for that purpose, in the sa... |
68.52.040 | Cities and towns may own, improve, etc., cemeteries. | Any city or town may acquire, hold, or improve land for cemetery purposes, and may sell lots therein, and may provide by ordinance that a specified percentage of the proceeds therefrom be set aside and invested, and the income from the investment be used in the care of the lots, and may take and hold any property devis... |
68.52.045 | Cities and towns may provide for a cemetery board. | The legislative body of any city or town may provide by ordinance for a cemetery board to be appointed by the mayor in cities and towns operating under the mayor-council form of government, by the city commission in cities operating under the commission form of government, and by the city manager in cities and towns op... |
68.52.050 | Cemetery improvement fund. | All moneys received in the manner above provided shall be deposited with the city treasurer, and shall be kept apart in a fund known as the cemetery improvement fund, and shall be paid out only upon warrants drawn by the order of the cemetery board, if such a board exists, or by order of the body, department, commissio... |
68.52.060 | Care and investment of fund. | It shall be the duty of the cemetery board and other body or commission having in charge the care and operation of cemeteries to invest all sums set aside from the sale of lots, and all sums of money received, and to care for the income of all money and property held in trust for the purposes designated herein: PROVIDE... |
68.52.065 | Approval of investments. | All investments shall be approved by the council or legislative body of the city.
[ 1909 c 156 s 3 ; RRS s 3775. Formerly RCW 68.12.060 , part, and 68.12.065 .] |
68.52.070 | Cemetery improvement fund—Management. | The said city shall, by ordinance, make all necessary rules and regulations concerning the control and management of said fund to properly safeguard the same, but shall in nowise be liable for any of said funds except a misappropriation thereof, and shall not have power to bind the city or said fund for any further lia... |
68.52.080 | Books of account—Audit. | Accurate books of account shall be kept of all transactions pertaining to said fund, which books shall be open to the public for inspection and shall be audited by the auditing committee of said city.
[ 1909 c 156 s 5 ; RRS s 3777. Formerly RCW 68.12.080 .] |
68.52.090 | Establishment authorized. | Cemetery districts may be established in all counties and on any island in any county, as in this chapter provided.
[ 1971 c 19 s 1 ; 1957 c 99 s 1 ; 1953 c 41 s 1 ; 1947 c 27 s 1 ; 1947 c 6 s 1 ; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 3778-150. Formerly RCW 68.16.010 .] |
68.52.100 | Petition—Requisites—Examination. | (1) To form a cemetery district, a petition designating the boundaries of the proposed district by metes and bounds or describing the lands to be included in the proposed district by government townships, ranges, and legal subdivisions, setting forth the object of the formation of the proposed district, and stating tha... |
68.52.110 | Hearing—Place and date. | The county legislative authority must conduct a hearing on the petition not less than twenty nor more than forty days from the date of receipt of the petition from the county auditor. The hearing may be completed on the day set for hearing the petition or it may be adjourned from time to time as necessary, but an adjou... |
68.52.120 | Publication and posting of petition and notice of hearing. | The text of the petition with the names of petitioners omitted and a notice signed by the clerk of the county legislative authority stating the day, hour, and place of the hearing must be published in three consecutive weekly issues of the official newspaper of the county prior to the date of the hearing. The clerk mus... |
68.52.130 | Hearing—Inclusion and exclusion of lands. | At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the petition or at any adjournment thereof, the county legislative authority must hear the petition and receive such evidence as it may deem material in favor of or opposed to the formation of the proposed cemetery district or to the inclusion or exclusion of any lands in ... |
68.52.140 | Formation of district and election of first commissioners. | (1) After conducting the hearing on the petition, if the county legislative authority determines that the formation of the proposed cemetery district will be conducive to the public welfare and convenience, the county legislative authority must by resolution so declare, otherwise the county legislative authority must d... |
68.52.150 | Election, how conducted—Notice. | Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the election must insofar as possible be called, noticed, held, conducted, and canvassed in the same manner and by the same officials as provided by law for special elections in the county. The notice of election must: State generally and briefly the purpose of the election... |
68.52.155 | Conformity with election laws—Exception—Vacancies. | Cemetery district elections shall conform with general election laws, except that there shall be no primary to nominate candidates. All persons filing and qualifying shall appear on the general election ballot and the person receiving the largest number of votes for each position shall be elected. A vacancy on a board ... |
68.52.160 | Election ballot. | The ballot for the election shall be in such form as may be convenient but shall present the propositions substantially as follows: ". . .(insert county name). . . cemetery district No. . . .(insert number). . . . . .Yes. . . . . .(insert county name). . . cemetery district No. . . .(insert number). . . . . .No. . ."
[... |
68.52.170 | Canvass of returns—Votes required for district formation. | (1) The returns of the election must be canvassed following the election, but the canvass may be adjourned from time to time to await the receipt of election returns. Upon conclusion of the canvass, the canvassing officials must certify the results to the county legislative authority. (2) The cemetery district is forme... |
68.52.180 | Review—When district formation is complete. | (1) Any person, firm, or corporation having a substantial interest involved, and feeling aggrieved by any finding, determination, or resolution of the county legislative authority under the provisions of this chapter, may appeal within five days after the finding, determination, or resolution was made to the superior c... |
68.52.185 | Ballot proposition authorized for district formation. | A county legislative authority may, by ordinance or resolution, provide for a ballot proposition to form a cemetery district. When proposed by ordinance or resolution of the county legislative authority, a ballot proposition shall designate the boundaries of the proposed district by metes and bounds or describing the l... |
68.52.190 | General powers of district. | Cemetery districts created under this chapter shall be deemed to be municipal corporations within the purview of the Constitution and laws of the state of Washington. They shall constitute bodies corporate and possess all the usual powers of corporations for public purposes. They shall have full authority to carry out ... |
68.52.192 | Public cemetery facilities or services—Cooperation with public or private agencies—Joint purchasing. | A cemetery district may jointly operate or provide, cooperate to operate and provide and/or contract for a term of not to exceed five years to provide or have provided public cemetery facilities or services, with any other public or private agency, including out of state public agencies, which each is separately author... |
68.52.193 | Public cemetery facilities or services—"Public agency" defined. | As used in RCW 68.52.192 , "public agency" means counties, cities and towns, special districts, or quasi municipal corporations.
[ 1987 c 331 s 73 ; 1963 c 112 s 2 . Formerly RCW 68.16.113 .] |
68.52.195 | Community revitalization financing—Public improvements. | In addition to other authority that a cemetery district possesses, a cemetery district may provide any public improvement as defined under RCW 39.89.020 , but this additional authority is limited to participating in the financing of the public improvements as provided under RCW 39.89.050 . This section does not limit t... |
68.52.200 | Right of eminent domain. | The taking and damaging of property or rights therein by any cemetery district to carry out the purposes of its creation, are hereby declared to be for a public use, and any such district shall have and exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire any property or rights therein, either inside or outside the district... |
68.52.210 | Power to do cemetery business—District boundaries may include cities and towns—Eminent domain exception. | (1) A cemetery district organized under this chapter shall have power to acquire, establish, maintain, manage, improve and operate cemeteries and conduct any and all of the businesses of a cemetery as defined in this title. A cemetery district shall constitute a cemetery authority as defined in this title and shall hav... |
68.52.220 | District commissioners—Compensation—Election.(Effective until January 1, 2026.) | (1) The affairs of the cemetery district must be managed by a board of cemetery district commissioners composed of three members. The board may provide, by resolution passed by the commissioners, for the payment of compensation to each of its commissioners at a rate of up to ninety dollars for each day or portion of a ... |
68.52.250 | Special elections. | Special elections submitting propositions to the registered voters of the district may be called at any time by resolution of the cemetery commissioners in accordance with RCW 29A.04.321 and 29A.04.330 , and shall be called, noticed, held, conducted and canvassed in the same manner and by the same officials as provided... |
68.52.260 | Oath of commissioners. | Each cemetery commissioner, before assuming the duties of his or her office, shall take and subscribe an official oath to faithfully discharge the duties of his or her office, which oath shall be filed in the office of the county auditor.
[ 2012 c 117 s 320 ; 1986 c 167 s 24 ; 1947 c 6 s 18 ; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 3778-167... |
68.52.270 | Organization of board—Secretary—Office—Meetings—Powers. | The board of cemetery district commissioners shall organize and elect a chair from its number and shall appoint a secretary for such term as the board may determine. The secretary shall keep a record of proceedings of the board and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law or by the board, and shall also ta... |
68.52.280 | Duty of county treasurer—Cemetery district fund. | It shall be the duty of the county treasurer of the county in which any cemetery district is situated to receive and disburse all district revenues and collect all taxes authorized and levied under this chapter. There is hereby created in the office of county treasurer of each county in which a cemetery district shall ... |
68.52.290 | Tax levy authorized for fund. | Annually, after the county board of equalization has equalized assessments for general tax purposes, the secretary of the district shall prepare a budget of the requirements of the cemetery district fund, certify the same and deliver it to the board of county commissioners in ample time for such board to levy district ... |
68.52.300 | Disbursement of fund. | The county treasurer shall disburse the cemetery district fund upon warrants issued by the county auditor on vouchers approved and signed by a majority of the board of cemetery commissioners and the secretary thereof.
[ 1947 c 6 s 22 ; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 3778-171. Formerly RCW 68.16.220 .] |
68.52.310 | Limitation of indebtedness—Limitation of tax levy. | The board of cemetery commissioners shall have no authority to contract indebtedness in any year in excess of the aggregate amount of the currently levied taxes, which annual tax levy for cemetery district purposes shall not exceed eleven and one-quarter cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation.
[ 1973 1st ex.s... |
68.52.320 | Dissolution of districts. | Cemetery districts may be dissolved by a majority vote of the electors at an election called for that purpose, which shall be conducted in the same manner as provided for special elections, and no further district obligations shall thereafter be incurred, but such dissolution shall not abridge or cancel any of the outs... |
68.52.330 | Disincorporation of district located in county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more and inactive for five years. | See chapter 57.90 RCW. |
68.52.901 | Effective date—1987 c 331. | See RCW 68.05.900 . |
68.54.010 | Annexation—Petition—Procedure. | Any territory contiguous to a cemetery district and not within the boundaries of a city or town other than as set forth in RCW 68.52.210 or other cemetery district may be annexed to such cemetery district by petition of ten percent of the registered voters residing within the territory proposed to be annexed who voted ... |
68.54.020 | Merger—Authorized. | A cemetery district organized under chapter 68.52 RCW may merge with another such district lying adjacent thereto, upon such terms and conditions as they agree upon, in the manner hereinafter provided. The district desiring to merge with another district shall hereinafter be called the "merging district", and the distr... |
68.54.030 | Merger—Petition—Procedure—Contents. | To effect such a merger, a petition therefor shall be filed with the board of the merger district by the commissioners of the merging district. The commissioners of the merging district may sign and file the petition upon their own initiative, and they shall file such a petition when it is signed by ten percent of the ... |
68.54.040 | Merger—Petition—Rejection, concurrence, or modification—Signatures. | The board of the merger district may, by resolution, reject the petition, or it may concur therein as presented, or it may modify the terms and conditions of the proposed merger, and shall transmit the petition, together with a copy of its resolution thereon to the merging district. If the petition is concurred in as p... |
68.54.050 | Merger—Petition—Special election. | If the auditor finds that the petition contains the signatures of a sufficient number of qualified electors, he or she shall return it, together with his or her certificate of sufficiency attached thereto, to the board of the merging district. Thereupon such board shall adopt a resolution, calling a special election in... |
68.54.060 | Merger—Petition—Election—Vote required—Merger effected. | The board of [the] merging district shall notify the board of the merger district of the results of the election. If three-fifths of the votes cast at the election favor the merger, the respective district boards shall adopt concurrent resolutions, declaring the districts merged, under the name of the merger district. ... |
68.54.070 | Merger—Petition—When election dispensed with. | If three-fifths of all the qualified electors in the merging district sign the petition to merge, no election on the question of the merger is necessary. In such case, the auditor shall return the petition, together with his or her certificate of sufficiency attached thereto, to the board of the merging district. There... |
68.54.080 | Merger—Preexisting obligations. | None of the obligations of the merged districts or of a local improvement district therein shall be affected by the merger and dissolution, and all land liable to be assessed to pay any of such indebtedness shall remain liable to the same extent as if the merger had not been made, and any assessments theretofore levied... |
68.54.090 | Merger—Transfer of all property, funds, assessments. | The commissioners of the merging district shall, forthwith upon completion of the merger, transfer, convey, and deliver to the merged district all property and funds of the merging district, together with all interest in and right to collect any assessments theretofore levied.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 78 s 9 . Formerly RCW 68.18... |
68.54.100 | Merger and transfer of part of one district to adjacent district—Petition—Election—Vote. | A part of one district may be transferred and merged with an adjacent district whenever such area can be better served by the merged district. To effect such a merger a petition, signed by not less than fifteen percent of the qualified electors residing in the area to be merged, shall be filed with the commissioners of... |
68.54.110 | Merger and transfer of part of one district to adjacent district—When election dispensed with. | If three-fifths of all the qualified electors in the area to be merged sign a petition to merge the districts, no election on the question of the merger is necessary, in which case the auditor shall return the petition, together with his or her certificate of sufficiency attached thereto, to the boards of the merging d... |
68.54.120 | Merger and transfer of part of one district to adjacent district—Preexisting indebtedness. | When a part of one cemetery district is transferred to another as provided by RCW 68.54.100 and 68.54.110 , said part shall be relieved of all liability for any indebtedness of the district from which it is withdrawn. However, the acquiring district shall pay to the losing district that portion of the latter's indebted... |
68.54.130 | Withdrawal of territory. | (1) Territory within a cemetery district may be withdrawn from the district in the same manner provided by law for withdrawal of territory from water-sewer districts, as provided by chapter 57.28 RCW, except as provided otherwise in subsections (2) and (3) of this section. (2) If a territory has qualified voters residi... |
68.54.900 | Effective date—1987 c 331. | See RCW 68.05.900 . |
68.56.010 | Unlawful damage to graves, markers, shrubs, etc.—Interfering with funeral. | Every person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who unlawfully or without right wilfully does any of the following: (1) Destroys, cuts, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down or removes, any tomb, plot, monument, memorial or marker in a cemetery, or any gate, door, fence, wall, post or railing, or any enclo... |
68.56.020 | Unlawful damage to graves, markers, shrubs, etc.—Civil liability for damage. | Any person violating any provision of RCW 68.56.010 is liable, in a civil action by and in the name of the cemetery authority, to pay all damages occasioned by his or her unlawful acts. The sum recovered shall be applied in payment for the repair and restoration of the property injured or destroyed.
[ 2012 c 117 s 326 ... |
68.56.030 | Unlawful damage to graves, markers, shrubs, etc.—Exceptions. | The provisions of *RCW 68.48.010 do not apply to the removal or unavoidable breakage or injury, by a cemetery authority, of any thing placed in or upon any portion of its cemetery in violation of any of the rules or regulations of the cemetery authority, nor to the removal of anything placed in the cemetery by or with ... |
68.56.040 | Nonconforming cemetery a nuisance—Penalty. | Every person, firm, or corporation who is the owner or operator of a cemetery established in violation of *this act is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, which is a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2005 c 365 s 149 ; 2003 c 53 s 313 ; 1943 c 247 s 145 ; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 3778-145. Formerly RCW 68.48.040 .]
*Reviser's note: F... |
68.56.050 | Defendant liable for costs. | Every person who violates any provision of *this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition is liable for all costs, expenses, and disbursements paid or incurred by a person prosecuting the case.
[ 1943 c 247 s 139 ; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 3778-139. Formerly RCW 68.48.060 .]
*Reviser's note: For "this act," see note fo... |
68.56.060 | Police authority—Who may exercise. | The sexton, superintendent, or other person in charge of a cemetery, and such other persons as the cemetery authority designates have the authority of a police officer for the purpose of maintaining order, enforcing the rules and regulations of the cemetery association, the laws of the state, and the ordinances of the ... |
68.56.070 | Forfeiture of office for inattention to duty. | The office of any director or officer who acts or permits action contrary to *this act immediately thereupon becomes vacant.
[ 1943 c 247 s 132 ; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 3778-132. Formerly RCW 68.48.090 .]
*Reviser's note: For "this act," see note following RCW 68.04.020 . |
68.56.900 | Effective date—1987 c 331. | See RCW 68.05.900 . |
68.60.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Abandoned cemetery" means a burial ground of the human dead: (a) For which the county assessor can find no record of an owner; (b) Where the last known owner is deceased and lawful conveyance of the title h... |
68.60.020 | Dedication. | Any cemetery, abandoned cemetery, historical cemetery, or historic grave that has not been dedicated pursuant to RCW 68.24.030 and 68.24.040 shall be considered permanently dedicated and subject to RCW 68.24.070 . Removal of dedication may only be made pursuant to RCW 68.24.090 and 68.24.100 .
[ 1999 c 367 s 3 ; 1990 c... |
68.60.030 | Preservation and maintenance corporations—Authorization of other corporations to restore, maintain, and protect abandoned cemeteries. | (1)(a) The department of archaeology and historic preservation may grant, by nontransferable certificate, the authority to maintain and protect an abandoned cemetery upon application made by a state or local governmental organization, such as a city or county, or by a preservation organization that has been incorporate... |
68.60.040 | Protection of cemeteries—Penalties. | (1) Every person who in a cemetery unlawfully or without right willfully destroys, cuts, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down or removes, any tomb, plot, monument, memorial, or marker in a cemetery, or any gate, door, fence, wall, post, or railing, or any enclosure for the protection of a cemetery or an... |
68.60.050 | Protection of historic graves—Penalty. | (1) Any person who knowingly removes, mutilates, defaces, injures, or destroys any historic grave shall be guilty of a class C felony punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW. Persons disturbing historic graves through inadvertence, including disturbance through construction, shall reinter the human remains under the supervi... |
68.60.055 | Skeletal human remains—Duty to notify—Ground disturbing activities—Coroner determination—Definitions. | (1) Any person who discovers skeletal human remains shall notify the coroner and local law enforcement in the most expeditious manner possible. Any person knowing of the existence of skeletal human remains and not having good reason to believe that the coroner and local law enforcement has notice thereof and who fails ... |
68.60.060 | Violations—Civil liability. | Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is liable in a civil action by and in the name of the department of archaeology and historic preservation to pay all damages occasioned by their unlawful acts. The sum recovered shall be applied in payment for the repair and restoration of the property injured or de... |
68.60.070 | Abandoned cemetery burials—Records—Endowment care funds. | (1)(a) The funeral and cemetery board must consult with the department of archaeology and historic preservation to promulgate rules in order to allow for burials in abandoned cemeteries. (b) The landowner of an abandoned cemetery must allow for burials in accordance with rules promulgated by the funeral and cemetery bo... |
68.60.080 | Abandoned cemetery—Lawful entry purposes. | It is lawful to enter an abandoned cemetery for purposes of: (1) Burials pursuant to RCW 68.60.070 and associated rules; (2) Care and maintenance activities authorized under RCW 68.60.030 ; and (3) Visitation of graves.
[ 2019 c 129 s 1 .]
Effective date — 2019 c 129: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservati... |
68.64.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Adult" means an individual who is at least 18 years old. (2) "Agent" means an individual: (a) Authorized to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care; or (b... |
68.64.020 | Scope. | This chapter applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.
[ 2008 c 139 s 3 .] |
68.64.030 | Persons authorized to make an anatomical gift—During life of donor. | Subject to RCW 68.64.070 , an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor in the manner provided in RCW 68.64.040 by: (1) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is: (a) Emancipated; or (b) Authorized under state law to apply for a driver's license becau... |
68.64.040 | Manner in which an anatomical gift may be made. | (1) A donor may make an anatomical gift: (a) By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor's driver's license or identification card; (b) In a will; (c) During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to a... |
68.64.050 | Amending or revoking an anatomical gift. | (1) Subject to RCW 68.64.070 , a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under RCW 68.64.030 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by: (a) A record signed by: (i) The donor; (ii) The other person; or (iii) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the ... |
68.64.060 | Refusal to make an anatomical gift. | (1) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by: (a) A record signed by: (i) The individual; or (ii) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign; (b) The individual's wi... |
68.64.070 | Making, amending, or revoking a gift by a person other than donor—Making additional gifts. | (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7) of this section and subject to subsection (6) 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 a... |
68.64.080 | Persons authorized to make an anatomical gift—After donor's death. | (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section and unless barred by RCW 68.64.060 or 68.64.070 , an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the order of priority listed: (a) An agent of the decedent at the time of... |
68.64.090 | Manner in which an anatomical gift may be made—After donor's death. | (1) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under RCW 68.64.080 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral... |
68.64.100 | Persons to whom an anatomical gift may be made. | (1) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (a) For research or education: A hospital; an accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university; or an organ procurement organization; (b) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, an individual designated by the ... |
68.64.105 | Document of gift—Validity requirements. | (1) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (a) This chapter; (b) The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or (c) The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift wa... |
68.64.110 | Document of gift or refusal—Examination and copying. | (1) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective. (2) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by... |
68.64.120 | Procurement organizations—Reasonable examinations—Donee's rights—Physician removal of donated part. | (1) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the department of licensing and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual resides to ascertain whether the individual... |
68.64.130 | Nonnative English speakers—Interpreter services and translations. | When English is not the first language of the person or persons making, amending, revoking, or refusing anatomical gifts as defined in chapter 139, Laws of 2008, organ procurement organizations are responsible for providing, at no cost, appropriate interpreter services or translations to such persons for the purpose of... |
68.64.140 | Hospitals—Agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations required. | Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.
[ 2008 c 139 s 15 .] |
68.64.150 | Illegal purchases or sales—Felony. | (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person who, for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death is guilty of a class C felony under RCW 9A.20.010 . (... |
68.64.160 | Illegal financial gain—Altering a document, amendment, or revocation of gift—Felony. | A person who, in order to obtain financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal is guilty of a class C felony under RCW 9A.20.010 .
[ 2008 c 139 s 17 .] |
68.64.170 | Liability. | (1) A person who acts in accordance with this chapter or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding. (2) Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor's estate ... |
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