Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2724 – Organ donation designation on driver’s license or identification card
Beginning as soon as practicable but no later than July 1, 1998, the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles shall modify the driver’s license and identification card application process and renewal system to obtain information regarding an individual’s consent to anatomical donation, including a process to allow persons under age 18 to register as donors with parental consent as defined in § 2711(b) of this title. The following question shall be asked:
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2724
- Department: means the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
- Division: means the Division of Public Health. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
- Donate Life Delaware Registry: means that subset of persons in the Department of Transportation's driver's license and photo identification card database or any expanded or successor database who have elected to include the donor designation on their record. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Donor: means an individual who makes a gift of all or part of the individual's body. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
- OPO: means the federally certified organ procurement organization for the State. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
- Under age: means an age of less than 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
Do you wish to have the organ donor designation printed on your driver’s license?
Only an affirmative response of an individual shall be noted on the front of the driver’s license or identification card with the word “Organ Donor” or a symbol indicating the donor designation and recorded in the Donate Life Delaware Registry. The Department shall record and store all donor designations in the Donate Life Delaware Registry, regardless of whether a driver’s license or identification card is issued. The OPO shall be given access to the foregoing donor information 24 hours a day through the Division of Motor Vehicles computer database. Notwithstanding the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, § 305 of Title 21, the Division of Motor Vehicles is authorized to provide the OPO with the foregoing donor information. The OPO shall not be assessed a fee or other charges for such access. The donor designation on the driver’s license or identification card or inclusion in the Donate Life Delaware Registry shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy all requirements for consent to organ and tissue donation.