(a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency may establish or contract for the establishment of a donor registry.
(b) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency 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.
(c) A donor registry must:
(1) allow a donor or other person authorized under Section 22-19-163 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 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 days a week on a 24-hour basis.
(d) 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.
(e) 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 (c) and (d).
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Article 9 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
Section 22-19-160 - Short Title.
Section 22-19-161 - Definitions.
Section 22-19-162 - Applicability.
Section 22-19-163 - Who May Make Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death.
Section 22-19-164 - Manner of Making Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death.
Section 22-19-165 - Amending or Revoking Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death.
Section 22-19-166 - Refusal to Make Anatomical Gift; Effect of Refusal.
Section 22-19-167 - Preclusive Effect of Anatomical Gift, Amendment, or Revocation.
Section 22-19-168 - Who May Make Anatomical Gift of Decedent's Body or Part.
Section 22-19-170 - Persons That May Receive Anatomical Gift; Purpose of Anatomical Gift.
Section 22-19-171 - Search and Notification.
Section 22-19-172 - Delivery of Document of Gift Not Required; Right to Examine.
Section 22-19-173 - Rights and Duties of Procurement Organization and Others.
Section 22-19-174 - Coordination of Procurement and Use.
Section 22-19-175 - Sale or Purchase of Parts Prohibited.
Section 22-19-176 - Other Prohibited Acts.
Section 22-19-179 - Donor Registry.
Section 22-19-180 - Effect of Anatomical Gift on Advance Health Care Directive.
Section 22-19-181 - Cooperation Between Coroner, Medical Examiner, and Procurement Organization.
Section 22-19-183 - Uniformity of Application and Construction.
Section 22-19-184 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.