Nebraska Statutes 60-495. Organ and tissue donation; rules and regulations; director; duties; Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness and Education Fund; created; use; investment
(1) The director may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations necessary to carry out sections 60-493 to 60-495 and the duties of the department under the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. The director shall prepare and furnish all forms and information necessary under the act.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 60-495
- Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-465.01
- Director: shall mean the Director of Motor Vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-466
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(2) The Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness and Education Fund is created. Department personnel and the county treasurer shall remit all funds contributed under sections 60-484, 60-4,144, and 60-4,181 to the State Treasurer for credit to the fund. The fund shall also include any money credited to the fund pursuant to section 60-3,246. The Department of Health and Human Services shall administer the Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness and Education Fund for the promotion of organ and tissue donation. The department shall use the fund to assist organizations such as the federally designated organ procurement organization for Nebraska and the State Anatomical Board in carrying out activities which promote organ and tissue donation through the creation and dissemination of educational information. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.