Get Donor Application Packet - Donatedbodyprogram Ucla

How does one donate to the University of California? Contact the program nearest you and request a registration packet. Complete the registration forms, return them to the program and a donor card will be mailed to you, documenting your wishes.

If the donor still meets the program's requirements, the body is discreetly transported to a facility. From there, it's not embalmed like it would be at a funeral home.

After your body has been donated, any unused tissue and remains will be cremated and returned to your family. This usually happens within four to six weeks after donation. Your family will also receive detailed information about how your body was used and specific ways it helped advance medical science.

Body donors must be free of infectious diseases such as HIV, AIDs, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C or Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. Donor's body weight must be less than 250 lbs. If there has been a violent death, suicide or vital organs have been removed for transplant purposes, the body will be not be accepted.

No: There is no age limit for donation or to sign up. In 2021, one out of every three people who donated organs was over the age of 50. You're never too old to make a difference — as of 2021, the oldest organ donor in the United States was 92.

Body donors must be free of infectious diseases such as HIV, AIDs, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C or Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. Donor's body weight must be less than 250 lbs. If there has been a violent death, suicide or vital organs have been removed for transplant purposes, the body will be not be accepted.

After your body has been donated, any unused tissue and remains will be cremated and returned to your family. This usually happens within four to six weeks after donation. Your family will also receive detailed information about how your body was used and specific ways it helped advance medical science.

You can also fax forms to (310) 794-0334. Once the forms have been reviewed and accepted, an acknowledgement will be sent along with a donor identification card and two copies for retention. Please feel welcome to call the Donated Body Program at (310) 794-0372 for questions or assistance in completing the forms.