The Tennessee Department of Safety plays a critical role in saving lives through organ, eye and tissue donation. They serve on our state team, Donate Life Tennessee, striving to ensure they do everything they can to help Tennesseans register to donate life.
The Department of Safety is often the first place where people are asked if they want to be an organ, eye and tissue donor. Those who say "yes" are entered in to the Department of Safety registry of organ donors. This information will be downloaded into the state registry in the fall of 2007 as a legal record of consent to donate organs and tissues. Since all Tennesseans periodically visit the Department of Safety or their website, their support is crucial to increasing donor designations. By asking about donation with every person who receives or renews their driver's license or state ID card, these staff are helping provide a future for the thousands of men, women and children waiting for a transplant.
The Tennessee Department of Safety has become increasingly more important as legislation was passed in 2006 regarding first person consent. This ensures that a person's designated decision to donate cannot be overridden by anyone else. So when you say "I'm a donor, it's on my license" you can be assured your wishes will be honored.
TDS thanks the Department of Safety staff for their continued help. Without you we cannot save lives! |
