Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 17-6-11. Display of Driver’s License for Violation of Certain Traffic Related Laws; Notice of Failure to Appear; Suspension of License; Arrest; Seizure of License

(b.1) It shall be the duty of a law enforcement officer or emergency medical technician responding to the scene of any motor vehicle accident or other accident involving a fatal injury to examine immediately the driver’s license of the victim to determine the victim’s wishes concerning organ donation. If the victim has indicated that he or she wishes to be an organ donor, it shall be the duty of such law enforcement officer or emergency medical technician to take appropriate action to ensure, if possible, that the victim’s organs shall not be imperiled by delay in verification by the donor’s next of kin.
History. Ga. L. 1973, p. 435, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1976, p. 213, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 759, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1136, §§ 3, 6; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1607, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 542, § 3; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 17; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 17; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1776, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1624, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 12-1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 7-3/HB 501; Ga. L. 2011, p. 479, § 4/HB 112; Ga. L. 2017, p. 608, § 1/SB 176; Ga. L. 2022, p. 753, § 3/SB 10.
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, in paragraph (b)(1), added “unless otherwise ordered by the court” at the end of the third sentence, inserted “or the court has ordered such accused driver’s license to be reinstated” at the end of the fourth sentence, and rewrote the last sentence, which read: “Such accused’s driver’s license shall be reinstated when he or she submits proof of the final adjudication and pays to the Department of Driver Services a restoration fee of $50.00 or $25.00 when such reinstatement is processed by mail.”
Cross references.
Transportation of hazardous materials, § 40-1-20 .
Prosecution of traffic offenses generally, T. 40, C. 13.
Search and notification for information identifying donor status, § 44-5-150 .

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