Signature NonProfit Donation Consent Made Easy

Signature nonprofit donation consent

hello my name is garland Shrieve CEO of research for life I want to take a moment to discuss some very basic information with you regarding consent forms in general that you may encounter when considering to donate to a whole body donor organization first and foremost you need to understand and read the consent form also known as the authorization form or document a gift so you know what you're consenting to ask questions of the organization if you don't understand something all states require under the uniform anatomical gift act that consent be granted by an authorized agent of the donor or self authorization before death each state defines who in the consenting class has the most authority to direct donation such as the medical power of attorney spouse children grandchildren siblings etc and differs slightly in each state consent may be given by means of verbal recorded consent or by a written document of gift research for life uses a written consent form which can be found on our website understand that the donor or authorizing agent is giving the body to an organization once given it belongs to the organization to use in accordance with the consent form in other words the donor organization is free to use the donor provided it does so within the terms of the consent it may not use the donor in a manner not consented to the consent may state how the body may be used educational and/or research purposes or some other purpose may be stated or in the discretion of the donor organization research for life provides cadavers and/or anatomical specimens for education and research purposes and does not do ballistic testing the consent may state that the body will be used in whole or in part it may also state that the anatomical parts may be used domestically and/or internationally and most consents will cover some basic things like consent to test the donor for diseases and to order medical records to help best determine medical suitability for the donation the consent may also touch on issues like for profit or nonprofit status and if the donor or anatomical specimens will be used by one or more or both types of entities remember that regardless of an organization's tax status they all charge fees to end-users who order anatomical specimens and offer those specimens to both for profit and profit entities from the very start of the donation process cost to the donor organization again 24-hour answering service transport team to respond 24/7 qualified trained staff paid a livable wage with benefits and the tournament electric gas phone insurances Building payments and maintenance medical director and regulatory requirements in cremation venes and these are just some of the expenses that an organization may have to cover another item may see on most authorization forms is a release of liability a hold harmless agreement excluding misconduct of course research for life states clearly it will not end owner or agent agrees that research for life will not be held responsible for acts of third parties in connection with the donation another item that reduces a donor organizations liability is the anatomical gift act prohibits criminal civil or administrative actions provided there is no intentional misconduct on the part of the donor organization in other words if the donor organization acted in good faith is immune and provided some protection from lawsuits another important part on a consent form is the person signing the authorization attest affirms that they have the authority to direct the donation the donor organization accepts the authorizing agents Authority and good faith barring any information known to it at the time of donation that would contradict the authority of the person authorizing donation remember should you decide to register tell your family and friends about your decision also the donation authorization form is not valid until notarized or signed by two witnesses one witness must be non-family or disinterested party consent forms contain other important information that you need to read and understand all documents of gift or authorizations can be cancelled prior to death I want to thank you for taking the time to watch this video and I hope it helped provide you with some basic information regarding whole body donation consent forms thank you you you