Florida Statutes 765.521 – Donations as part of driver license or identification card process
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 765.521
- Agency: means the Agency for Health Care Administration. See Florida Statutes 765.511
- Department: means the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. See Florida Statutes 765.511
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Donor: means an individual who makes an anatomical gift of all or part of his or her body. See Florida Statutes 765.511
- Donor registry: means a database that contains records of anatomical gifts and amendments to, or revocations of, such gifts. See Florida Statutes 765.511
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- gift: means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death and to be used for transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See Florida Statutes 765.511
- Identification card: means an official identification card issued by a governmental entity, state agency, or subdivision thereof. See Florida Statutes 765.511
(1) The agency and the department shall develop and implement a program encouraging and allowing persons to make anatomical gifts as a part of the process of issuing identification cards and issuing and renewing driver licenses. The donor registration card distributed by the department shall include the information required by the uniform donor card under s. 765.514 and such additional information as determined necessary by the department. The department shall also develop and implement a program to identify donors which includes notations on identification cards, driver licenses, and driver records or such other methods as the department develops to clearly indicate the individual’s intent to make an anatomical gift. A notation on an individual’s driver license or identification card that the individual intends to make an anatomical gift satisfies all requirements for consent to organ or tissue donation. The agency shall provide the necessary supplies and forms from funds appropriated from general revenue or contributions from interested voluntary, nonprofit organizations. The department shall provide the necessary recordkeeping system from funds appropriated from general revenue. The department and the agency shall incur no liability in connection with the performance of any acts authorized herein.
(2) The department shall maintain an integrated link on its website referring a visitor renewing a driver license or conducting other business to the donor registry operated under s. 765.5155.
(3) The department, after consultation with and concurrence by the agency, shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this section according to the provisions of chapter 120.
(4) Funds expended by the agency to carry out the intent of this section may not be taken from funds appropriated for patient care.