New York Laws
Title 1 - Organ, Tissue and Body Parts Procurement and Storage
4363 - Waiting Lists for Organs.

(a) an individual donor from designating the recipient of an organ;
(b) organ sharing with other organ procurement organizations in
accordance with federal and state standards including standards to meet
the needs of patients who are highly sensitized and for whom it is
difficult to identify a suitable kidney due to conditions such as a
blood transfusion, immunization, prior pregnancy or a previous failed
kidney transplant;
(c) organ sharing with other organ procurement organizations in
accordance with organ sharing agreements approved by the commissioner.
2. No organ procurement organization designated to serve any part of
New York state shall place any person on a waiting list for the
allocation of organs for transplantation if that person is listed on any
other waiting list for the allocation of that organ maintained by any
other organ procurement organization designated to serve any part of New
York state.
3. No person may place his or her name on a waiting list for the
allocation of organs for transplantation maintained by an organ
procurement organization designated to serve any part of New York state
if the person is listed on any other waiting list for the allocation of
that organ maintained by any other organ procurement organization
designated to serve any part of New York state. Each facility performing
transplant services shall inform a patient of the prohibition against
being placed on multiple waiting lists before arranging for the
placement of the patient on a waiting list.
4. In policies and procedures for distributing organs, no organ
procurement organization shall consider or give any preference to
patients in a facility based upon the facility's past or present
procurement performance or its past or present relationship with a donor
hospital.