Texas Disability Law - Organ Donation

Texas Law

Allows anyone to donate part or all of the body by stating intentions in a will or other document.
Allows children to make similar donations with consent of the parent/guardian.
Allows donors to identify a specific organ recipient in a will or other document.
Allows for donor information on driver's licenses or personal identification cards.
Allows Internet-based registration through the Glenda Dawson Donate Life Texas Registry.
Requires donors be registered after August 31, 2005, for their registration to be valid. Anyone registered before this date should re-register to ensure their wishes are upheld by law.
Allows removal from the donor registry with a written statement.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Government Information on organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Phone: (888) ASK-HRSA
The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act of 1987
The National Organ Transplant Act
The Patient Self-Determination Act of 1991