A. Within the forms prescribed by the department for applications and licenses of drivers of motor vehicles, a space shall be provided to show whether the applicant is a donor as provided in the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act [24-6B-1 to 24-6B-25 NMSA 1978]. Anyone applying for a license may, if the applicant desires, indicate the applicant's donor status on the space provided on the application, and this information, if given by an applicant, shall be shown upon the license issued. The form and driver's license shall be signed by the donor in the presence of a witness who shall also sign the form in the donor's presence. The department shall, as soon as practicable, include the following donor statement on the application form:
"I,____________________________, hereby make
(Name of applicant/donor)
an anatomical gift effective upon my death. A medical evaluation at the time of my death shall determine the organs and tissues suitable for donation. ____________________________________ (Signature of donor) ____________________________________ (Signature of parent or guardian is required if the donor is under fifteen years of age.)".
B. The department shall mark the donor status on each person's driver's license record and shall retain each application form or its image of a person who wishes to be a donor. The department shall create and maintain a statewide donor registry and shall provide on-line computer terminal access to the donor registry to organ procurement organizations and procurement organizations, as defined in the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. Authorized hospital or organ and tissue donor program personnel, immediately prior to or after a donor's death, may request verification of the donor's status from the department and may obtain a copy of the application from the department.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-5-10, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 232; 1987, ch. 69, § 5; 1995, ch. 135, § 17; 2002, ch. 42, § 4; 2007, ch. 323, § 32.
The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, changed the name of the act.
The 2002 amendment, effective May 15, 2002, added the last sentence and form in Subsection A.
The 1995 amendment, effective June 16, 1995, in Subsection A, deleted "and driver's license" following "sign the form", rewrote Subsection B, and, throughout the section, substituted "department" for "division" and made minor stylistic changes.
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