§ 4368. New York state gift of life medal of honor. The governor shall establish a program for public recognition of organ, tissue and bone marrow donors and their families for their life saving contributions. The governor shall commission the design, with the advice and consent of the department and the transplant council established pursuant to section forty-three hundred sixty-one of this article, of the "New York State gift of life medal of honor". Such medal shall be awarded annually to honor the memory of all individual organ donors or the gifts of donor families. Persons who donate bone marrow shall also be eligible to be awarded the medal. The department and the transplant council shall be responsible for nominating and choosing recipients, and for overseeing and maintaining such program.

Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 4368

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • 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.
  • Organ: means a human kidney, heart, heart valve, lung, pancreas, liver or any other organ designated by the commissioner in regulation in consultation with the transplant council. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4360
  • Tissue: means a human eye, skin, bone, bone marrow, heart valve, spermatozoon, ova, artery, vein, tendon, ligament, pituitary gland or a fluid other than blood or a blood derivative. See N.Y. Public Health Law 4360
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