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2.240 Organ Donor Awareness Week.
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The fourth week of April of each year is designated as Organ Donor
Awareness Week, and the Governor shall annually issue a proclamation
inviting and urging the people of the Commonwealth to be involved with
appropriate activities. This observance is created to educate the citizens of the
Commonwealth about the importance of organ donation.
As part of Organ Donor Awareness Week, the Governor and the House of
Representatives and the Senate of the General Assembly shall honor those
persons who have donated organs and surviving family members with a
ceremony in the Capitol rotunda. Each person who has donated an organ shall
be recognized collectively by citation and, upon request, the person or the
person's family shall be given a copy of the citation. The Governor may
establish an organ donor honor board to collect the name of each person,
subject to the person's consent, who donates an organ in the Commonwealth
during the year, and to recognize medical professionals, educators, volunteers,
public employees, and private organizations that are involved with the organ
donation process. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require reporting
of the name of any person involved with the organ donation process or to
supersede patient confidentiality protections established by statute, the Board
of Medical Licensure or other state entity, or the Federal Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act.
Education efforts are encouraged to focus on the importance of organ donation
and its significance with saving the lives of Kentuckians. The Cabinet for Health
and Family Services is encouraged to develop and circulate materials relating
to organ donation.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 72, effective June 20, 2005. -Created 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2003.
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