§ 142C.18 — Iowa donor registry

Iowa § 142C.18

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IV: PUBLIC HEALTH
• Ch. 142C: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT

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1. The department of health and human services shall contract with and recognize
the Iowa donor registry for the purpose of indicating on the donor registry all relevant
information regarding a donor’s making or amending of an anatomical gift.
2. The state department of transportation shall cooperate with a person that administers
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the Iowa donor registry for the purpose of transferring to the donor registry all relevant
information regarding a donor’s making of an anatomical gift.
3. The department of natural resources shall cooperate with a person that administers
the Iowa donor registry for the purpose of transferring to the donor registry all relevant
information regarding a donor’s making of an anatomical gift.
4. The Iowa donor registry shall do all of the following:
a. Allow a donor or other person authorized under section 142C.3 to include on the donor
registry a statement or symbol that the donor has made or amended an anatomical gift.
b. Be accessible to a procurement organization to allow the procurement organization to
obtain relevant information on the donor registry to determine, at or near the death of the
donor or a prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended,
or revoked an anatomical gift.
c. Be accessible for purposes of paragraphs “a” and “b” seven days a week on a
twenty-four-hour per day basis.
d. Provide a centralized, automated system to compile donation information received by
the state department of transportation, department of natural resources, county treasurers,
and the Iowa donor network.
e. Provide educational materials regarding the making, amending, or revoking of an
anatomical gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift.
5. Personally identifiable information on the donor registry about a donor or prospective
donor shall not be used or disclosed without the express consent of the donor, prospective
donor, or person that made the anatomical gift for any purpose other than to determine, at
or near the death of the donor or prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor
has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift.