Why register? Isnt it enough to have a heart on my drivers license or carry an organ and tissue donor card?
If you have a donor designation on your S. C. drivers license, that information will be securely stored in the South Carolina Donor Registry. It is recommended that all residents check the registry to make sure that the information is correct and up-to-date. A donor designation on your S. C. drivers license and/or a signed and witnessed donor card does grant authorization for organ and/or tissue recovery, but due to the suddenness and emotion surrounding the circumstances, both documents are rarely available at the time a family is approached regarding donation. With the South Carolina Donor Registry your desire to donate is stored in a secure, confidential database. Should your death result in the opportunity for you to be a donor, an official record of your donor designation will be readily available and cannot be overturned by your family.
Related Questions
- I have already registered as an organ donor, checked the organ donor box on my drivers license, or signed an organ donor card. Why should I join LifeSharers?
- All I need to do to become an organ donor is to carry a donor card and have it noted on my drivers license, right?
- Why register? Isnt it enough to have a heart on my drivers license or carry an organ and tissue donor card?
