Connecticut § 14-42 - Application for or renewal of operator's license or identity card. Anatomical gift.

§ 14-42. Application for or renewal of operator's license or identity card. Anatomical gift.

Sec. 14-42. Application for or renewal of operator's license or identity card. Anatomical gift. (a) An application for an operator's license or identity card shall be made on forms furnished by the commissioner. The applications shall be in such form and contain such provisions and information as the commissioner may determine.

(b) The commissioner shall require any person who applies for or renews an operator's license or identity card to indicate whether such person consents or declines to make an anatomical gift through inclusion in the state donor registry maintained pursuant to section 14-42a. An operator's license issued to a person who has authorized inclusion on such donor registry shall have a donor symbol imprinted on such license or identity card.

(1949 Rev., S. 2382; P.A. 75-579; P.A. 84-429, S. 23; P.A. 85-190; P.A. 98-172, S. 3, 4; P.A. 06-130, S. 4; P.A. 09-187, S. 13; P.A. 10-123, S. 24; P.A. 14-130, S. 8; P.A. 22-44, S. 15.)

History: P.A. 75-579 added Subsec. (b) re inclusion of body organ donation line on license applications and licenses; P.A. 84-429 rephrased provisions, transferred provisions re motor vehicle registrations to Sec. 14-12(b), transferred provisions re assignment of registration and license numbers to Sec. 14-10(a) and made other technical changes; P.A. 85-190 amended Subsec. (b), requiring an operator's license to indicate provision for organ donation in a conspicuous manner determined by the commissioner to assure immediate identification; P.A. 98-172 amended Subsec. (b) replacing the requirement that the application contain a line for indicating that applicant has made provisions for organ donation with a requirement that the application include the opportunity to complete an organ donor card and replacing requirement that operator's license indicate whether one is an organ donor with requirement that license have donor card imprinted on it, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 06-130 replaced “blanks” with “forms” and “application blanks” with “applications” in Subsec. (a) and added provisions re identity cards in Subsecs. (a) and (b), effective June 2, 2006; P.A. 09-187 amended Subsec. (b) to replace provisions re issuance of donor card with provisions re registration as organ and tissue donor, effective July 8, 2009; P.A. 10-123 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provision re registration as organ and tissue donor with provision re making an anatomical gift through inclusion in state donor registry, by replacing “elected to be included in” with “authorized inclusion on” re donor registry and by replacing “designation of such person's donor status” with “donor symbol” re imprint on license or identity card; P.A. 14-130 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provision re application to include opportunity to make anatomical gift with provision re commissioner to require applicant to indicate whether applicant consents or declines to make anatomical gift; P.A. 22-44 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “applying” with “who applies” and add “or renews”.

See Sec. 14-10 re record-keeping with respect to operator's licenses and registrations.