10 U.S.C. § 1109 — Organ and tissue donor program
submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-261 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 250 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of Defense must make sure military personal-data systems can record organ and tissue donation choices. Military department Secretaries must provide donation information, give service members repeated chances to choose, and encourage them to tell next of kin. The military departments’ Surgeons General must provide training and support for donation activities.
(a) The Secretary of Defense must ensure that advanced systems for recording service members’ personal data, including SMARTCARD, MEDITAG, and Personal Information Carrier, can record organ and tissue donation choices.
(b) The Secretaries of the military departments* must ensure that— (1) suitable organ-and-tissue-donation information is given to each officer* candidate during initial training and to each recruit after basic training and before reaching the recruit’s first duty assignment; (2) service members receive repeated, specific chances to choose to donate organs or tissue during service and at retirement; and (3) members who choose donation are encouraged to tell their next of kin about that choice and any later change.
(c) The military departments’ Surgeons General must ensure that— (1) enlisted and officer medical personnel receive suitable training to operate donation activities effectively in garrison and, as far as possible, during operations; and (2) medical logistics can, as far as possible without harming operational requirements, support an effective donation program.
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the advanced systems developed for recording armed forces* members’ personal data and information (such as the SMARTCARD, MEDITAG, and Personal Information Carrier) include the capability to record organ and tissue donation elections.
The Secretaries of the military departments shall ensure that—
appropriate information about organ and tissue donation is provided—
to each officer* candidate during initial training; and
to each recruit—
after completion by the recruit of basic training; and
before arrival of the recruit at the first duty assignment of the recruit;
members of the armed forces are given recurring, specific opportunities to elect to be organ or tissue donors during service in the armed forces and upon retirement; and
members of the armed forces electing to be organ or tissue donors are encouraged to advise their next of kin concerning the donation decision and any subsequent change of that decision.
The Surgeons General of the military departments shall ensure that—
appropriate training is provided to enlisted and officer medical personnel to facilitate the effective operation of organ and tissue donation activities under garrison conditions and, to the extent possible, under operational conditions; and
medical logistical activities can, to the extent possible without jeopardizing operational requirements, support an effective organ and tissue donation program.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title VII, § 741(b)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2073; amended Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1087(a)(8)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–290.)
- 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-261 · 112 Stat. 2073
- 2000Amended · Pub. L. 106-398 · 114 Stat. 1654, 1654
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-261 on 1998-10-17.
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