§ 90-604 — Use of body information tags

North Carolina § 90-604

• Jurisdiction: North Carolina
• Ch. 90: Medicine and Allied Occupations
• Art. 35: Accident-Trauma Victim Identification

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(a) In order to provide the identifying information necessary to facilitate organ and tissue transplants, a body information tag shall be attached to or transmitted with the body of an accident-trauma victim by the following persons:
(1) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other official emergency rescuer who believes the seriously injured individual to be near death; and
(2) Hospital personnel, after the individual has been pronounced dead.
(b) The body information tag shall include information identifying the accident-trauma victim, identifying whether the individual is an organ donor, and providing any information on the next of kin. The Division of Motor Vehicles shall be responsible for producing and distributing body information tags to all State and local law enforcement departments. In addition, the tags shall be distributed by the Division of Motor Vehicles to all State and local agencies employing firefighters, paramedics, and other emergency and rescue personnel. (1997-443, s. 20.12(b).)
§§ 90-605 through 90-619. Reserved for future codification purposes.

Legislative History

(1997-443, s. 20.12(b).)