South Carolina § 44-43-40 - Notification of donation on driver's license.
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§ 44-43-40. Notification of donation on driver's license.
Donations and gifts of all or part of a person's body made at the time of application, issuance, reissuance, or renewal of a driver's license pursuant to this chapter must be noted on the person's driver's license. After a driver's license has been issued, reissued, or renewed, the department shall issue to each person who has notified the department that he is a donor under the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act a suitable emblem embedded within the person's driver's license to indicate his status as a donor. The department is not the registry of anatomical gifts.
HISTORY: 1975 (59) 202; 1980 Act No. 347, SECTION 2; 1984 Act No. 412, SECTION 1; 1998 Act No. 289, SECTION 1; 2006 Act No. 334, SECTION 1, eff June 2, 2006; 2009 Act No. 4, SECTION 1, eff May 6, 2009.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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