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Alaska Statutes.

Title 13. Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts.

Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act

Section 265. Prohibition Against Authorization By Coroner, State Medical Examiner, or Local Public Health Official.

AS 13.52.265. Prohibition Against Authorization By Coroner, State Medical Examiner, or Local Public Health Official.

The coroner, the state medical examiner, or a local public health official may not release or permit the removal of a part from a body within that official's custody based on the fact that the official does not know of

(1) a refusal to make a gift;

(2) an indication by the decedent that is contrary to making a gift; or

(3) an objection to a gift by a person having priority to act under AS 13.52.180 (a).

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