NRS483.840. Form and effect of card; Department to adopt regulations prescribing contents of card; duties of Department concerning anatomical gifts and indicia of medical condition; Anatomical Gift Account; donor registry.

      1.  The form of the identification cards must be similar to that of drivers’ licenses but distinguishable in color or otherwise.

      2.  Identification cards do not authorize the operation of any motor vehicles.

      3.  The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing the information that must be contained on an identification card.

      4.  At the time of the issuance or renewal of the identification card, the Department shall:

      (a) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated on his or her identification card that the holder wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, or to refuse to make an anatomical gift of his or her body or part thereof.

      (b) Give the holder the opportunity to indicate whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150.

      (c) Provide to each holder who is interested in becoming a donor information relating to anatomical gifts, including the procedure for registering as a donor with the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to this paragraph. To carry out this paragraph, the Department shall, on such terms as it deems appropriate, enter into a contract with a donor registry that is in compliance with the provisions of NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive.

      (d) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition on an identification card pursuant to NRS 483.863, give the holder the opportunity to have a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition imprinted on his or her identification card.

      5.  If the holder wishes to make a donation to the Anatomical Gift Account, the Department shall collect the donation and deposit the money collected in the State Treasury for credit to the Anatomical Gift Account.

      6.  The Department shall submit to the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 4 information from the records of the Department relating to persons who have identification cards issued by the Department that indicate the intention of those persons to make an anatomical gift. The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 785; A 1977, 450; 1979, 301; 1989, 438, 476; 1991, 488, 2172; 1997, 839, 2988; 1999, 425, 1111; 2001, 683, 1502; 2003, 831, 1240; 2005, 244, 245, 2315; 2007, 797, 2790)