§ 20-17-618 — Organ donor registry

(a) (1) The Office of Driver Services shall assist in establishing a registry of organ donors by providing information to an organ procurement agency created, organized, and existing under the laws of the State of Arkansas. The information shall list persons who have agreed to make an anatomical gift as indicated on their operator's or chauffeur's licenses. (2) The information shall include the person's name, address, sex, birth date, driver's license number, and any limitations on the purposes of the anatomical gift. (b) (1) Access to the registry maintained by the organ procurement agency shall be provided to all other organ procurement agencies licensed, accredited, and approved under Arkansas law. (2) Organ procurement agencies may release information from the registry to tissue banks that have written agreements with the organ procurement agency. (3) However, information obtained from the registry shall not be distributed further to any other person or entity. (c) Any person whose name has been placed on the organ donor registry may have his or her name deleted by filing the appropriate form with the office.

Legislative History

Acts 1997, No. 75, § 1.