Chapter 157

157.06(2)(n) (n) “Part” means a vascularized organ, eye, or tissue of a human being. “Part” does not mean a whole human body.

157.06(2)(o) (o) “Physician” means an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy under the laws of any state.

157.06(2)(p) (p) “Procurement organization” means an eye bank, organ procurement organization, or tissue bank.

157.06(2)(q) (q) “Prospective donor” means an individual who is dead or near death and has been determined by a procurement organization to have a part that could be medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education. An individual who has refused to make an anatomical gift as provided under sub. (7) is not a prospective donor.

157.06(2)(r) (r) “Reasonably available” means able to be contacted by a procurement organization without undue effort and willing and able to act in a timely manner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary for the making of an anatomical gift.

157.06(2)(s) (s) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form.

157.06(2)(t) (t) “Record of gift” means a donor card or other record used to make an anatomical gift, including a statement or symbol on a driver’s license, identification card, conservation card, or printed hunting, fishing, or trapping license or in a donor registry.

157.06(2)(u) (u) “Record of refusal” means a record created under sub. (7) that expressly states an intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of an individual’s body or part.

157.06(2)(v) (v) “Sign” means to do any of the following with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:

157.06(2)(v)1. 1. Execute or adopt a signature or tangible symbol.

157.06(2)(v)2. 2. Attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process.

157.06(2)(w) (w) “Technician” means an individual determined to be qualified to remove or process parts by an appropriate organization that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law and includes an enucleator.

157.06(2)(x) (x) “Tissue” means a portion of the human body other than a vascularized organ or eye and does not include blood unless the blood is donated for the purpose of research or education.

157.06(2)(y) (y) “Tissue bank” means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue.

157.06(2)(z) (z) “Transplant hospital” means a hospital that furnishes organ transplants and other medical and surgical specialty services required for the care of transplant patients.

157.06(2)(zm) (zm) “Vascularized organ” means a heart, lung, liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine, or other organ that requires the continuous circulation of blood to remain useful for purposes of transplantation.

157.06(2m) (2m) Signing for a person who is physically unable. If an individual who is physically unable to sign a record under sub. (5) (a) 4. or (b) 1., (6) (a) 1., (b) 1., (c) 1., or (d) 1., or (7) (a) 1. or (b) 1. directs another to sign the record on his or her behalf, the signature of the other individual authenticates the record as long as all of the following conditions are satisfied:

157.06(2m)(a) (a) The signature of the other individual is witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.

157.06(2m)(b) (b) The witnesses sign the record at the request of the individual who is physically unable to sign.

157.06(2m)(c) (c) The record includes a statement that it was signed and witnessed at the request of the individual who is physically unable to sign.

157.06(4) (4) Who may make an anatomical gift before donor’s death. Except as provided in subs. (7) and (8), any of the following may during the life of a donor make an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part in the manner provided in sub. (5):

157.06(4)(a) (a) The donor, if he or she is at least 15 years of age or is an emancipated minor.

157.06(4)(b) (b) An agent of the donor, unless the donor’s power of attorney for health care instrument under ch. 155 or some other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift.

157.06(4)(c) (c) A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor and does not object to the making of the anatomical gift.

157.06(4)(d) (d) A guardian of the donor unless a health care agent under ch. 155 has authority to make an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part.

157.06(5) (5) Manner of making an anatomical gift before donor’s death.

157.06(5)(a) (a) A donor under sub. (4) (a) may make an anatomical gift by doing any of the following:

157.06(5)(a)1. 1. Affixing to, or authorizing a person to imprint on, the donor’s driver’s license or identification card a statement or symbol that indicates that the donor has made an anatomical gift.

157.06(5)(a)1m. 1m. Affixing to, or authorizing a person to imprint on, the donor’s conservation card or printed hunting, fishing, or trapping license a statement or symbol that indicates that the donor has made an anatomical gift.

157.06(5)(a)2. 2. Including an anatomical gift in his or her will.

157.06(5)(a)3. 3. If the donor has a terminal illness or injury, communicating the anatomical gift by any means to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.

157.06(5)(a)4. 4. Signing a donor card or other record that includes an anatomical gift or, if physically unable to sign a record, by directing another individual to sign the record as provided in sub. (2m).

157.06(5)(a)5. 5. Authorizing a person to include in a donor registry a statement or symbol that indicates that the donor has made an anatomical gift.

157.06(5)(b) (b) A person under sub. (4) (b) to (d) may make an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part during the donor’s life by doing any of the following:

157.06(5)(b)1. 1. Signing a donor card or other record that includes an anatomical gift or, if physically unable to sign a record, by directing another to sign the record as provided in sub. (2m).

157.06(5)(b)2. 2. Authorizing another to include in a donor registry a statement or symbol that indicates that the person has made an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part.

157.06(5)(c) (c) The revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a driver’s license, identification card, or hunting, fishing, or trapping license on which an anatomical gift has been made does not invalidate the anatomical gift.

157.06(5)(d) (d) An anatomical gift made by will takes effect upon the donor’s death whether or not the will is probated. Invalidation of the will after the donor’s death does not invalidate the anatomical gift.

157.06(6) (6) Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor’s death.

157.06(6)(a) (a) Subject to sub. (8), a donor may amend an anatomical gift of his or her body or part by doing any of the following:

157.06(6)(a)1. 1. Signing a record that amends the anatomical gift or, if physically unable to sign, directing another to sign the record as provided in sub. (2m).

157.06(6)(a)2. 2. Subsequently executing a record of gift that amends a previously executed anatomical gift or a portion of a previously executed anatomical gift either expressly or by inconsistency.

157.06(6)(a)3. 3. If the anatomical gift was not made in a will and the donor has a terminal illness or injury, communicating in any manner an amendment of the anatomical gift to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.

157.06(6)(a)4. 4. If the anatomical gift was made in a will, amending the will.

157.06(6)(b) (b) Subject to sub. (8), a donor may revoke an anatomical gift of his or her body or part by doing any of the following:

157.06(6)(b)1. 1. Signing a record that revokes the anatomical gift or, if physically unable to sign, directing another to sign the record as provided in sub. (2m).

157.06(6)(b)2. 2. Subsequently executing a record of gift that revokes a previously executed anatomical gift or a portion of a previously executed anatomical gift either expressly or by inconsistency.

157.06(6)(b)3. 3. If the anatomical gift was not made in a will and if the donor has a terminal illness or injury, communicating in any manner the revocation of the anatomical gift to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.

157.06(6)(b)4. 4. If the anatomical gift was made in a will, amending or revoking the will.

157.06(6)(b)5. 5. If the anatomical gift was made in a record of gift, destroying or cancelling the record of gift, or the portion of the record of gift used to make the anatomical gift, with intent to revoke the anatomical gift.

157.06(6)(bm) (bm) A donor may not revoke an anatomical gift by declining to authorize inclusion of his or her name in the donor registry established under sub. (20) when applying for or renewing a driver’s license or identification card, when applying for a hunting, fishing, or trapping license, or when filing an income tax form unless the donor expressly indicates his or her intent to have his or her name removed from the donor registry.

157.06(6)(c) (c) Subject to sub. (8), a person who is authorized to make an anatomical gift under sub. (4) (b) to (d) may amend an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part before the donor’s death by doing any of the following:

157.06(6)(c)1. 1. Signing a record that amends the anatomical gift or, if physically unable to sign, directing another to sign the record as provided in sub. (2m).

157.06(6)(c)2. 2. Subsequently executing a record of gift that amends a previously executed anatomical gift or a portion of a previously executed anatomical gift either expressly or by inconsistency.

157.06(6)(d) (d) Subject to sub. (8), a person who is authorized to make an anatomical gift under sub. (4) (b) to (d) may revoke an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part before the donor’s death by doing any of the following:

157.06(6)(d)1. 1. Signing a record that revokes the anatomical gift or, if physically unable to sign, directing another to sign the record as provided in sub. (2m).

157.06(6)(d)2. 2. Subsequently executing a record of gift that revokes a previously executed anatomical gift or a portion of a previously executed anatomical gift either expressly or by inconsistency.

157.06(6)(d)3. 3. If the anatomical gift was made in a record of gift, destroying or cancelling the record of gift, or the portion of the record of gift used to make the anatomical gift, with intent to revoke the anatomical gift.

157.06(7) (7) Refusal to make an anatomical gift; effect of refusal.

157.06(7)(a) (a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual’s body or part by doing any of the following:

157.06(7)(a)1. 1. Signing a record refusing to make an anatomical gift or, if physically unable to sign, directing another to sign the record as provided in sub. (2m).

157.06(7)(a)2. 2. Including a refusal to make an anatomical gift in the individual’s will, whether or not the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual’s death.

157.06(7)(a)3. 3. If the individual has a terminal illness or injury, communicating in any manner a refusal to make an anatomical gift to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.

157.06(7)(b) (b) An individual who has made a refusal to make an anatomical gift under this subsection may amend or revoke the refusal to make an anatomical gift by doing any of the following:

157.06(7)(b)1. 1. Signing a record amending or revoking the refusal to make an anatomical gift or, if physically unable to sign, directing another to sign the record as provided in sub. (2m).

157.06(7)(b)2. 2. If the refusal to make an anatomical gift was made in the individual’s will, amending or revoking the will, whether or not the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual’s death.

157.06(7)(b)3. 3. If the individual has a terminal illness or injury, communicating in any manner an amendment to or revocation of the refusal to make an anatomical gift to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.

157.06(7)(b)4. 4. Subsequently making an anatomical gift as provided under sub. (5) (a) that is inconsistent with the refusal to make an anatomical gift.

157.06(7)(b)5. 5. If the refusal to make an anatomical gift was made in a record of refusal, destroying or canceling the record of refusal, or the portion of the record of refusal, that evidenced the refusal to make an anatomical gift, with intent to revoke the refusal to make an anatomical gift.

157.06(7)(c) (c) Except as provided in sub. (8) (h), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by an individual set forth in a refusal to make an anatomical gift under this subsection, the individual’s unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift under this subsection of his or her body or part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual’s body or part.

157.06(8) (8) Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation.

157.06(8)(a) (a) Except as provided in par. (g) and subject to par. (f), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor may not make, amend, or revoke an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part if the donor has made an unrevoked anatomical gift of his or her body or that part under sub. (5) (a) or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or that part under sub. (6) (a).

157.06(8)(b) (b) A donor’s revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under sub. (6) (b) is not a refusal to make an anatomical gift and does not bar another person authorized to make an anatomical gift under sub. (4) from making an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under sub. (5) and does not bar a person who is authorized to make an anatomical gift under sub. (9) from making an anatomical gift under sub. (10).

157.06(8)(c) (c) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under sub. (5) (b) or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under sub. (6) (c), another person may not amend or revoke the anatomical gift under sub. (10) or otherwise make an anatomical gift of the body or part under sub. (10).

157.06(8)(d) (d) If a person other than the donor revokes an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under sub. (6) (d), the revocation does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under sub. (5) or (10).

157.06(8)(e) (e) An anatomical gift of a part of a donor’s body that is made under sub. (5) or in an amendment under sub. (6), absent an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person who made the anatomical gift, is not a refusal by the donor to make an anatomical gift of another part of the donor’s body or a limitation on a later anatomical gift of another part of the donor’s body.

157.06(8)(f) (f) An anatomical gift of a part that is made under sub. (5) or in an amendment under sub. (6) for a specified purpose for which an anatomical gift may be made, absent an express, contrary indication by the person who made the anatomical gift, does not limit a person from making an anatomical gift of the part under sub. (5), (6), or (10) for any of the other purposes for which an anatomical gift may be made.

157.06(8)(g) (g) 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.

157.06(8)(h) (h) If an unemancipated minor who has made a refusal to make an anatomical gift under sub. (7) dies, a reasonably available parent of the minor may revoke the minor’s refusal to make an anatomical gift.

157.06(9) (9) Who may make an anatomical gift near or upon the donor’s death.

157.06(9)(a) (a) Except as provided in subs. (7) and (8) and subject to pars. (b) and (c), any member of the following classes of persons, in the order of priority listed, who is reasonably available may, in the manner provided in sub. (10), make an anatomical gift of the body or part of an individual who is near death or has died:

157.06(9)(a)1. 1. A person who is the individual’s agent near or at the time of the individual’s death and has authority under sub. (4) (b) to make an anatomical gift of the decedent’s body or part.

157.06(9)(a)2. 2. The spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770 of the individual.

157.06(9)(a)3. 3. The adult children of the individual.

157.06(9)(a)4. 4. The parents of the individual.

157.06(9)(a)5. 5. The adult siblings of the individual.

157.06(9)(a)6. 6. The adult grandchildren of the individual.

157.06(9)(a)7. 7. The grandparents of the individual.

157.06(9)(a)8. 8. Adults who exhibited special care and concern, except as a compensated health care provider, for the individual.