10 GCA § 83A105
Organ Donor Registries
View official PDF ↗(a)Registry at GMHA. There is hereby established within the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority (>GMHA=) an island-wide Organ Donor Registry (>Registry=). The Registry shall be in accordance to '83102 of Chapter 83 of Title 10 of the Guam Code Annotated, Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. The Registry shall serve as a legal authorization document and conclusive evidence of a statement of anatomical gift declaration and that organ procurement may proceed without further verification. Within ninety
(90)days after enactment, GMHA shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the intent of this Act.
(b)Driver=s License and Guam Identification Card Organ Donor Registries. There is hereby established a Guam Driver's License (>License=) Organ Donor Registry by the Department of Revenue and Taxation. There is hereby established a Guam Identification Card (>I.D. Card=) Organ Donor Registry by the Guam Police Department. The required signature for the License or I.D. Card, the signature of the government of Guam official and the affixing of the words >Organ Donor= on the License or I.D. Card shall suffice for a legal document and authorization to proceed with the organ procurement process by GMHA or any hospital with an organ donor program. A person involved in a traffic accident or trauma situation has executed a statement of a organ donor gift on a License or I.D. Card a pursuant to '3115 of Chapter 3 of Title 16 of the Guam Code Annotated or '57104 of Chapter 57, Division 3, Part 2 of Title 10 of the Guam Code Annotated, the License or the I.D. Card shall accompany the individual to the hospital. The License or the I.D. Card shall be conclusive evidence of a statement of anatomical gift and that if the person is eighteen
(18)years or older, the statement of anatomical gift shall be honored without obtaining approval or consent of any person and authorizes GMHA or any hospital with an organ donor program to remove organs or tissues.
(c)Living Donor. A living donor shall execute a consent agreement for the removal of organ(s) without the requirements of Subparagraphs
(a)and
(b)above; provided, that the donor is of legal age to execute a consent.
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.