New Jersey Statutes 39:3-12.2. Licenses, permits, identification cards, designation as organ, tissue donor, education program, access to information
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:3-12.2
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. The designation indicating that a person is a donor pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be done in accordance with procedures prescribed by the chief administrator. The designation shall be displayed in print in a conspicuous form and manner on the permit, license, or identification card, and electronically, by substantially the following statement: “ORGAN DONOR” and shall constitute sufficient legal authority for the removal of organs or tissues for the purposes of transplantation or therapy upon the death of the permit holder, licensee, or identification cardholder. The designation shall be removed in accordance with procedures prescribed by the chief administrator.
c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1999, c.28)
d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2007, c.80)
e. The chief administrator, in consultation with those organ procurement organizations designated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1320b-8 to serve in the State of New Jersey, shall establish and provide an annual education program for commission employees and personnel. The program shall focus on the benefits associated with organ and tissue donations, the scope and operation of New Jersey’s donor program, and how the commission’s employees and personnel can effectively inform the public about the donor program and can best assist those wishing to participate in the donor program, including use of the Donate Life NJ Registry, established pursuant to P.L.2008, c.48 (C. 26:6-66 et al.).
f. The chief administrator shall electronically record and store all organ donor designations and identification information, and shall provide the organ procurement organizations designated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1320b-8 to serve in the State of New Jersey with real-time electronic access to the organ donor designation information collected pursuant to subsection a. of this section. An organ procurement organization designated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1320b-8 to serve in the State of New Jersey, or any donor registry established by any such organization, shall have real-time electronic access to those organ donor designations and identification at all times, without exception, for the purposes of verifying organ and tissue donation status and identity. For these purposes, the federally designated organ procurement organization shall have electronic access to each recorded donor’s name, address, date of birth, gender, color of eyes, height, driver’s license number, date of donor registration, and date of removal from the registry if applicable. Upon request, the chief administrator shall provide a copy of the donor’s original driver’s license application.
g. Those organ procurement organizations designated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1320b-8 to serve in the State of New Jersey may contract with a third party, in consultation with the chief administrator, to assess, develop, and implement any system set-up necessary to support the initial and ongoing electronic access by those organizations to the donor designation and identification information required to be made available in accordance with the provisions of this section; however, the organ procurement organizations shall not be required to incur an aggregate cost in excess of $50,000 for the purposes of this subsection.
L.1978, c.181, s.1; amended 1999, c.28, s.6; 2007, c.80, s.1; 2008, c.48, s.13; 2008, c.50, s.25; 2017, c.377, s.2.