What This Statute Says
One sentence sets the scope of the article.
This article applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.
A.R.S. § 36-842"Whenever made" means the article reaches gifts made before the article was enacted, gifts made under prior versions of the uniform act, and gifts made under the current article. The same rules govern all of them.
When This Statute Comes Into Play
The retroactive reach matters when a donor signed a gift document decades ago and the family has to decide whether it still controls. Under this section, the answer is yes. The article's current rules on validity, revocation, and the role of the procurement organization apply.
What This Means for Arizona Families
You do not need to redo old donor designations. If you marked the donor box on a driver's license in the 1990s, that designation is still a valid anatomical gift today. If you signed a donor card in the 1980s, the article still recognizes it. Subsequent amendments and revocations also apply under the same article.
The practical implication is that the donor record is durable. Once you make a gift, it stays in force until you revoke it in one of the ways the article allows. Our FAQ on making organ-donation wishes legally binding covers how to update or revoke. If you have changed your mind since making an old donation, the right step is an affirmative revocation under section 36-845, not relying on the gift being too old to count. A clean healthcare directive that incorporates current donation preferences supersedes older inconsistent records by way of section 36-845's amendment-by-later-document rule.