(SB 57)
Anatomical gifts, certain provisions revised.
Section
1.
That
§
34-26-23.1
be amended to read as follows:
34-26-23.1.
If a document of gift is attached to or imprinted on a donor's motor vehicle
operator's
driver
license
or nondriver identification card
, the document of gift shall comply with
§
34-26-23. If a person is less than eighteen years of age, a document of gift may only be attached
to or imprinted on a donor's motor vehicle
operator's
driver
license
or nondriver identification card
if a parent or guardian of the person consents. Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation
of the license does not invalidate the anatomical gift.
Section
2.
That
§
34-26-23.2
be amended to read as follows:
34-26-23.2.
Any state or local law enforcement agency, officer, or personnel, that
may have
has
access to a decedent's motor vehicle
operator's
driver
license
or nondriver identification card
, or
the information thereon, shall inform, upon request, the decedent's attending physician or nurse,
next of kin, the coroner, or any other person having lawful custody of the decedent's body, of
any
intention of the decedent
the decedent's intention
, as indicated on the decedent's motor vehicle
operator's
driver
license
or nondriver identification card
, to make an anatomical gift pursuant to
§
34-26-23 or 34-26-23.1. Any state or local law enforcement agency, officer, or personnel shall
also inform, upon request, any procurement agency for anatomical gifts, including organs, tissues,
and eyes, of such intention of the decedent.
Section
3.
That chapter
34-26
be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
Section
4.
That chapter
34-26
be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows: