Uniform Donor Card

An organ donor card is a great way to show you're committed to saving lives. You can carry your card in your purse or wallet as a symbol of your decision to help others. For example, on the fridge as a daily reminder to your family that you're signed up as an organ donor.

The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act of 1987 The provisions of the UAGA of 1968 would ban the purchase and sale of body parts, facilitate the simplified process of obtaining authorization to retrieve organs, and ensure that medical staff establish procedures and guidelines to identify organ donors while under hospital care.

A uniform donor card lets healthcare professionals know that you want to donate your organs (for example, eyes, heart, liver, tissue) when you die. It is important to make your wishes known ahead of time by signing a uniform donor card.

The Act sets a regulatory framework for the donation of organs, tissues, and other human body parts in the US. The UAGA helps regulate body donations to science, medicine, and education. The Act has been consulted in discussions about abortion, fetal tissue transplants, and Body Worlds, an anatomy exhibition.

Simply sign a Uniform Donor Card. It is a legal document under state law through which you can express your wishes about donating organs and tissues. You may obtain a card at your local National Kidney Foundation affiliate. Carry the card with you at all times.

The uniform donor card is the most commonly used document to express donative intent. Although the public is told the uniform donor card is a legal document, signing one does not impose the same legal weight as signing other legal documents such as a contract, a will, or durable power of attorney.

: a card that says a person wants to donate his or her organs when he or she dies.