§ 35-5-219 — Donor registry

(a) The department shall electronically transfer to a
procurement organization the information that appears on the
front of the driver's license or identification card, to include
the name, gender, date of birth, social security number if it
appears on the license or card, driver's license or
identification card number, issue date or renewal date and
address of the individual identified as a donor. The department
shall also electronically transfer any subsequent change in the
donor's status, including revocation of the gift. The
department shall submit to the department of health a statement
of costs incurred to initially install and establish the
electronic transfer of donor information. The department of
health shall direct the state auditor to reimburse the
department for the costs from the anatomical awareness account
under W.S. 35-5-225 to the extent there are funds in that
account. There shall be no charge to a procurement organization
for the transfer of donor information.
(b) With the information obtained from the department and
from other sources including donors and donors' agents pursuant
to W.S. 35-5-205(b), the procurement organization shall
establish and maintain a statewide organ and tissue donor
registry to facilitate organ and tissue donations. The cost
incurred to create and maintain the registry shall be paid by
the procurement organization. Registry information shall be
accessible to any procurement organization located in Wyoming
and may be disseminated to a procurement organization in another
state for the recovery or placement of organs and tissue.
Registry information may also be disseminated to Wyoming eye
banks under this section.
(c) A donor registry shall:
(i) Allow a donor or other person authorized under
W.S. 35-5-204 to include on the donor registry a statement or
symbol that the donor has made, amended or revoked an anatomical
gift;
(ii) Be accessible to a procurement organization to
allow it to obtain relevant information on the donor registry to
determine, at or near death of the donor or a prospective donor,
whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended or
revoked an anatomical gift; and
(iii) Be accessible for purposes of paragraphs (i)
and (ii) of this subsection seven (7) days a week on a twenty-
four (24) hour basis.
(d) Personally identifiable information on a donor
registry about a donor or prospective donor may not be used or
disclosed without the express consent of the donor, prospective
donor or person who made the anatomical gift for any purpose
other than to determine, at or near death of the donor or
prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has
made, amended or revoked an anatomical gift.
(e) This section does not prohibit any person from
creating or maintaining a donor registry that is not established
by or under contract with the state. Any such registry shall
comply with subsections (c) and (d) of this section.