How Do You Become An Organ Donor In California?
• Visit the Donate Life California Registry to register as an organ donor. Follow the simple registration steps to join over 2 million Californians in their registry. The process takes about a minute. • Specify any limitations, if you don’t want a certain organ to be donated. • Once you register your decision with Donate Life California it is not necessary to carry a donor card or donor symbol because by law all hospitals must notify the local organ recovery agency of every person who is approaching brain death. The organ recovery agency will then check Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry. • If you have an old DONOR sticker attached to your license you are not registered with Donate Life California. If you have recently renewed your license or ID and you have a DONOR symbol pre-printed then you’re decision has been stored with Donate Life California. • If you travel consider the alternative of carrying a note with you that you are a donor. Upon completing your regist
