311.1947 Statewide electronic registry for organ and tissue donations --
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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 and tissue donation for transplantation, therapy, education, and research for
the advancement of donation and transplantation science. The cabinet may contract
with a public or private nonprofit entity to perform gatekeeper functions of the
registry that include but are not limited to the operation, maintenance, privacy, and
security of 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
Trust for Life, the Kentucky Hospital Association, the Kentucky Medical
Association, and the federally certified organ and tissue procurement organizations
that operate in Kentucky to develop strategies for the operation of the registry.
Strategies shall include but not be limited to:
(a)Donor designation at the time of application or renewal of a driver's license;
(b)Donor designation at the time of application or renewal of a state
identification card;
(c)Donor designation on the Commonwealth's single sign-on system;
(d)Other online registration as a donor;
(e)Removal or exit from the registry;
(f)Timely access to the registry by relevant parties in accordance with federal
laws and regulations relating to organ and tissue donation and procurement
for transplantation purposes; and
(g)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.