Organ Donation: Opportunities for Action (2006)
Chapter: Appendix C First-Person Consent Status and Organ Donor Registry Participation
C
First-Person Consent Status and Organ Donor Registry Participation
Table C-1 provides information on each state’s first-person (donor) consent laws and the status of its organ donor registry. In addition, Institute of Medicine staff contacted the appropriate officials in some states and asked them to provide the number of individuals in their donor registries.
TABLE C-1 First-Person (Donor) Consent Status and Organ Donor Registry Participation
|
State |
First- Person Consenta |
Registrya |
Approximate Number of Individuals Registered (as of December 2005)b |
|
Alabama |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV (registry.legacyalabama.org) |
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Alaska |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV (www.alaskadonorregistry.org) |
~216,000 |
|
Arizona |
Yes |
Yes; not affiliated with the DMV (www.azdonorregistry.org) |
42,913 |
|
Arkansas |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV |
~800,000 |
|
California |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV (www.donatelifecalifornia.org or www.donevidacalifornia.org) |
|
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Colorado |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV and accessed through Statline (coloradodonorregistry.org) |
|
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Connecticut |
Yes |
Yes |
868,215c |
|
Delaware |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV |
|
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District of Columbia |
Yes |
|
|
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Florida |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV |
|
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Georgia |
No |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV |
|
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Hawaii |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV |
|
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Idaho |
Yes |
Legislation recently created a registry, but the bill needs to be revisited |
|
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Illinois |
Yes |
|
|
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Indiana |
Yes |
Yes; through the Indiana Donation Alliance Foundation (www.indianadonationalliancefoundation.org) |
|
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Iowa |
Yes |
Work in progress with DMV (www.iowadonorregistry.org) |
42,339 |
|
Kansas |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with DMV and housed within the OPO (www.mwtn.org) |
233,037 |
|
Kentucky |
Yes |
April 2006, law passed to create a registry |
|
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Louisiana |
Yes |
Yes; housed within the OPO |
|
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Maine |
Yes |
Law passed to create a registry; development is under way |
|
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Maryland |
Yes |
No |
|
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Massachusetts |
No |
Law passed to create a registry; development is under way |
|
State |
First- Person Consenta |
Registrya |
Approximate Number of Individuals Registered (as of December 2005)b |
|
Michigan |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV |
861,854 |
|
Minnesota |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV |
1,732,434 |
|
Mississippi |
No |
No |
|
|
Missouri |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV (www.Missouriorgandonor.com) |
2,014,191 |
|
Montana |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV (www.livinglegacyregistry.org) |
286,950 |
|
Nebraska |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV (www.nedonation.org) |
|
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Nevada |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV |
~731,000 |
|
New Hampshire |
No |
No |
|
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New Jersey |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV (www.sharenj.org) |
~45,000 |
|
New Mexico |
Yes |
Yes; via driver’s license or valid I.D. |
766,262d |
|
New York |
No |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV and administered by the New York Department of Health (www.health.state.ny.us) |
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North Carolina |
Yes |
|
~3,000,000 |
|
North Dakota |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with DMV |
|
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Ohio |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the BMV (www.ohiobmv.com) |
3,870,930 |
|
Oklahoma |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV; online registry officially launched in April 2004 (www.lifeshareregistry.org) |
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Oregon |
Yes |
No |
|
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Pennsylvania |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV |
|
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Rhode Island |
Yes |
Yes |
|
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South Carolina |
Yes |
No |
|
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South Dakota |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV |
284,859 |
|
Tennessee |
Yes |
Yes; passed in 2001 |
|
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Texas |
No |
Development is under way |
|
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Utah |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV; online registry launched in April 2002 (www.yesutah.org) |
|
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Vermont |
No |
Law passed to create registry; development is under way |
|
State |
First- Person Consenta |
Registrya |
Approximate Number of Individuals Registered (as of December 2005)b |
|
Virginia |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV; online registry officially launched in August 2003 (www.save7lives.org) |
|
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Washington |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV (www.livinglegacyregistry.org) |
3,017,287 |
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West Virginia |
Yes |
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Wisconsin |
Yes |
|
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Wyoming |
Yes |
Yes; affiliated with the DMV (www.wyomingdonorregistry.org) |
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NOTE: DMV = Department of Motor Vehicles; OPO = organ procurement organization; I.D. = identification; BMV = Bureau of Motor Vehicles. aSOURCE: http://www.unos.org/inTheNews/factsheets.asp?fs=6. The information is current as of November 2005. Information on Kentucky legislation updated April 2006. bInstitute of Medicine staff contacted a number of states to inquire about the number of individuals currently registered in the state’s organ donor registry. Not all states were contacted. cAs of September 22, 2005, approximately one-third of registered drivers. dAs of January 2005. |
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