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Indiana Code Title 29. Probate § 29-2-16.1-19

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 19. (a) The bureau of motor vehicles, the professional licensing agency, and the department of natural resources shall cooperate with a person that administers any donor registry that this state establishes, contracts for, or recognizes for the purpose of transferring to the donor registry all relevant information regarding a donor's making, amendment to, or revocation of an anatomical gift.

(b) A donor registry must:

(1) allow a donor or other person authorized under section 4 of this chapter to include on the donor registry a statement or symbol that the donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift;

(2) be accessible to a procurement organization and to coroners to allow it to obtain relevant information on the donor registry to determine, at or near death of the donor or a prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift;  and

(3) be accessible for purposes of subdivisions (1) and (2) seven (7) days a week on a twenty-four (24) hour basis.

(c) Personally identifiable information on a donor registry about a donor or prospective donor may not be used or disclosed without the express consent of the donor, prospective donor, or person that made the anatomical gift for any purpose other than to determine, at or near death of the donor or prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift.

(d) This section does not prohibit any person from creating or maintaining a donor registry that is not established by or under contract with the state.  Any such registry must comply with subsections (b) and (c).

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