C.R.S. Section 15-19-220
Donor registry


(a)

The department of revenue may establish or contract for the establishment of a donor registry.

(b)

The department of revenue shall cooperate with a person that administers any donor registry that this state establishes, contracts for, or recognizes for the purpose of transferring to the donor registry all relevant information regarding a donor’s making, amendment to, or revocation of an anatomical gift.

(c)

A donor registry must:

(1)

Allow a donor or other person authorized under section 15-19-204 to include on the donor registry a statement or symbol that the donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift;

(2)

Be accessible to a procurement organization to allow it to obtain relevant information on the donor registry to determine, at or near death of the donor or a prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift; and

(3)

Be accessible for purposes of subsection (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this section seven days a week on a twenty-four-hour basis.

(d)

Personally identifiable information on a donor registry about a donor or prospective donor may not be used or disclosed without the express consent of the donor, prospective donor, or person that made the anatomical gift for any purpose other than to determine, at or near death of the donor or prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift.

(e)

This section does not prohibit any person from creating or maintaining a donor registry that is not established by or under contract with the state. Any such registry must comply with subsections (c) and (d) of this section.

Source: Section 15-19-220 — Donor registry, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-15.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

15‑19‑101
Short title
15‑19‑102
Legislative declaration - construction
15‑19‑103
Definitions
15‑19‑104
Declaration of disposition of last remains
15‑19‑105
Reliance - declarations
15‑19‑106
Right of final disposition
15‑19‑106.5
Disposition of abandoned cremated remains of veterans - liability - applicability - definitions
15‑19‑107
Declaration of disposition of last remains
15‑19‑108
Interstate effect of declaration
15‑19‑109
Effect of criminal charges
15‑19‑110
Natural reduction
15‑19‑201
Short title
15‑19‑202
Definitions
15‑19‑203
Applicability
15‑19‑204
Who may make anatomical gift before donor’s death
15‑19‑205
Manner of making anatomical gift before donor’s death
15‑19‑206
Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor’s death
15‑19‑207
Refusal to make anatomical gift - effect of refusal
15‑19‑208
Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
15‑19‑209
Who may make anatomical gift of decedent’s body or part
15‑19‑210
Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent’s body or part
15‑19‑211
Persons that may receive anatomical gift - purpose of anatomical gift
15‑19‑212
Search and notification
15‑19‑213
Delivery of document of gift not required - right to examine
15‑19‑214
Rights and duties of procurement organization and others
15‑19‑215
Coordination of procurement and use
15‑19‑216
Sale or purchase of parts prohibited
15‑19‑217
Other prohibited acts
15‑19‑218
Immunity
15‑19‑219
Law governing validity - choice of law as to execution of document of gift - presumption of validity
15‑19‑220
Donor registry
15‑19‑221
Effect of anatomical gift on advance health-care directive - definitions
15‑19‑222
Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization
15‑19‑223
Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of coroner
15‑19‑224
Uniformity of application and construction
15‑19‑225
Relation to “Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act”
15‑19‑301
Board for distribution of unclaimed human bodies - rules
15‑19‑302
Duty of public officers as to unclaimed bodies
15‑19‑303
Claiming of body - publication of notice
15‑19‑304
Disposition of all or any portion of body after death - nonliability
15‑19‑305
Unlawful to hold autopsy
15‑19‑306
Holding of body for twenty days
15‑19‑307
Disposition of remains
15‑19‑308
Expense to be borne by institutions
15‑19‑309
Penalty
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 15-19-220’s source at colorado​.gov