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HRS §327-6

Changing or canceling your organ donation before death

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗

This section explains how a donor or someone authorized to donate can change or cancel an organ donation before death. You can do it in writing, by signing a record, by making a new gift document, or by destroying the old one. Special rules apply if you cannot sign yourself or if the gift was made in a will.

The statute, as written — Amending or revoking an anatomical gift before donor's death

A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

(a) Subject to section 327-8, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 327-4 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by: (1) A record signed by: (A) The donor; (B) The other person; or (C) Subject to subsection (b), another individual acting at the direction of the donor or the other person if the donor or other person is physically unable to sign; or (2) A later-executed document of gift that amends or revokes a previous anatomical gift or portion of an anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency. (b) A record signed pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(C) shall: (1) Be witnessed by at least two other individuals who are at least eighteen years of age, one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and (2) State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in paragraph (1). (c) Subject to section 327-8, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 327-4 may revoke the gift by the destruction or cancellation of the document of gift, or a portion of the document of gift used to make the gift, with the intent to revoke the gift. (d) A donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was not made in a will by any form of communication during a terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two other individuals who are at least eighteen years of age, one of whom is a disinterested witness. (e) A donor who makes an anatomical gift in a will may amend or revoke the gift in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in subsection (a).
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§327-4 Who can donate organs or body parts before death

§327-8 When one person's gift blocks another's gift

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