When you receive your license in the mail, you will have the opportunity to decide whether to donate your organs and tissues upon your death.

In the envelope containing your license, you will find information and a donor card. If you choose to become a donor, sign the donor card in the presence of two witnesses, who may also sign the card (family members are recommended witnesses). The most important step in this process is sharing your decision with your family. Most people do not realize that next of kin will be asked for their consent even if a donor has a signed donor card.

If you would like to donate but do not want to sign a donor card or have this designation listed on your license, simply tell your family members of your decision. If you change your mind and no longer want to be an organ donor, simply destroy your donor card and inform your family.

If your current driver’s license does not show you are an organ donor, you may complete the organ donor card at any time. You can also change your donor designation anytime you apply for or renew a license. Adding a donor designation must be done at a branch. It cannot be added if you renew your license over the Internet.

For more information on organ donation,

call:

New England Organ Bank: 1-800-446-6362

NorthEast Organ Procurement Organization and Tissue Bank: 1-800-874-5215

Lions Club:
Lazarus Project,
1117 Main St.,
Reading, MA
01867

source:http://www.mass.gov/rmv/dmanual/Driver's%20Manual%2006_06.pdf