| | | B.__Information regarding the opportunity to save a life | | through organ and tissue donation must be prominently | | displayed on driver's license information mailed to | | applicants or distributed at offices of the bureau and | | must be prominently displayed on posters in offices of the | | bureau. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 29-A MRSA §1354, sub-§6, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 505, | | §15 and affected by §22, is amended to read: |
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| | | B. The Secretary of State shall develop and implement a | | standardized driver education curriculum that establishes | | minimum standards for instructional goals and learning | | objectives. Beginning January 1, 2004, the standardized | | driver education curriculum must include a 30-minute | | segment on organ and tissue donation and transplantation. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 29-A MRSA §1402-A, sub-§§4, 5 and 6 are enacted to read: |
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| | | 4.__Anatomical gift coordination.__In order to coordinate | | the donation of anatomical gifts and the receipt and | | transplantation of organs and tissues, the Secretary of State | | shall perform the following duties. |
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| | | A.__The Secretary of State shall modify its existing | | database system to maintain the Maine Organ Donor | | Registry, referred to in this section as "the registry."__ | | The Secretary of State shall include information on donors | | who have previously indicated their intention to donate | | through the office of the Secretary of State, those who | | indicate their intent to donate under this section, an | | advance health care directive pursuant to Title 18-A, | | Article 5, Part 8, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act | | pursuant to Title 22, chapter 710 or any other method that | | clearly indicates the intent of an adult donor to make an | | anatomical gift upon the occurrence of death. |
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| | | B.__The Secretary of State shall establish a volunteer | | advisory committee to provide advice and information | | regarding anatomical gifts, public information programs | | and donor recognition programs. |
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| | | C.__Information maintained in the registry must be made | | available through a publically accessible site on the | | Internet, designed to guard donor and family privacy, to | | federally designated organ procurement organizations as | | necessary for the coordination of receipt of anatomical | | gifts and coordination of transplantation of organs and | | tissues. |
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