The Florida Senate

765.515  Delivery of donor document.--

(1)  If a gift is made pursuant to s. 765.521, the completed donor registration card shall be delivered to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the department must communicate the donor's intent to the organ and tissue donor registry, but delivery is not necessary to the validity of the gift. If the donor withdraws the gift, the records of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles must be updated to reflect such withdrawal and the department must communicate the withdrawal to the organ and tissue donor registry for the purpose of updating the registry.

(2)  If a gift is made by the donor to a specified donee, the document, other than a will, may be delivered to the donee to expedite the appropriate procedures immediately after death, but delivery is not necessary to the validity of the gift. Such document may be deposited in any hospital, bank, storage facility, or registry office that accepts such documents for safekeeping or to facilitate the donation of organs and tissue after death.

(3)  At the request of any interested party upon or after the donor's death, the person in possession shall produce the document for examination.

History.--s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 45, ch. 75-220; s. 2, ch. 83-171; s. 1, ch. 87-372; s. 7, ch. 95-423; s. 33, ch. 96-418; s. 9, ch. 98-68; s. 65, ch. 2001-226; s. 17, ch. 2008-9; s. 4, ch. 2008-223.

Note.--Created from former s. 736.26; s. 732.915.