2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 311 PHYSICIANS, OSTEOPATHS, PODIATRISTS, AND RELATED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS 311.1947 Statewide electronic registry for organ and tissue donations -- Collaboration among agencies -- Strategies for operation.
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311.1947 Statewide electronic registry for organ and tissue donations --
Collaboration among agencies -- Strategies for operation.
(1) Contingent upon the availability of funding, the Cabinet for Health and Family
Services shall facilitate the establishment of a statewide electronic registry for organ <br>and tissue donation for transplantation purposes. The cabinet may contract with a <br>public or private nonprofit entity to perform gatekeeper functions of the registry that <br>include but are not limited to the operation, maintenance, privacy, and security of <br>the registry.
(2) An ongoing collaboration shall be established among the Transportation Cabinet,
the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks <br>Trust for Life, the Kentucky Hospital Association, the Kentucky Medical <br>Association, and the federally certified organ and tissue procurement organizations <br>that operate in Kentucky to develop strategies for the operation of the registry. <br>Strategies shall include but not be limited to: <br>(a) Donor designation at the time of application or renewal of a driver's license; <br>(b) Online registration as a donor; <br>(c) Removal or exit from the registry; <br>(d) Timely access to the registry by relevant parties in accordance with federal
laws and regulations relating to organ and tissue donation and procurement for <br>transplantation purposes; and
(e) Evaluation of the effectiveness of the registry.
(3) The cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter
13A to implement the provisions of this section.
Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Repealed, reenacted, and renumbered 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 19, effective
July 15, 2010. -- Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 38, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006.
Formerly codified as KRS 194A.750
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