[§327-20]  Donor registry.  (a)  Theexaminer of drivers shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to allow an organprocurement organization twenty-four-hour telephone access to the driver'slicense database information, solely for determining whether a driver hasindicated a willingness to be an organ donor pursuant to section 286-109.5.

(b)  The examiner of drivers shall cooperatewith any donor registry that this State establishes, contracts for, orrecognizes for transferring to the donor registry all relevant informationregarding a donor's making, amendment to, or revocation of an anatomical gift.

(c)  A donor registry shall:

(1)  Provide a database that allows a donor or otherperson authorized under section 327-4 to include on the donor registry astatement or symbol that the donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomicalgift;

(2)  Be accessible to a procurement organization toallow it to obtain relevant information on the donor registry to determine, ator near death of the donor or a prospective donor, whether the donor orprospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift; and

(3)  Be accessible for purposes of paragraphs (1) and(2) seven-days-a-week on a twenty-four-hour basis.

(d)  Personally identifiable information on adonor registry about a donor or prospective donor may not be used or disclosedwithout the express consent of the donor, prospective donor, or the person thatmade the anatomical gift for any purpose other than to determine, at or neardeath of the donor or a prospective donor, whether the donor or prospectivedonor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift.

(e)  This section shall not prohibit any personfrom creating or maintaining a donor registry that is not established by orunder contract with the State.  However, the registry shall comply withsubsections (c) and (d). [L 2008, c 122, pt of §1]

 

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  Developing an organ donor registry.  L 2008, c 165.