You can register your decision to be an organ, tissue, and eye donor through your state registry by visiting your local driver’s license office or online at RegisterMeKY.org

Eligibility and Decision-Making:

• Anyone can register, regardless of age or medical history.
• Individuals under 18 can register their wish to donate, but final authorization at the time of death rests with a parent or legal guardian.
• Your registration serves as a legally binding document of gift, eliminating the need for family consent at the time of your passing.
  Everyone can register to be a donor – regardless of age or medical history.

Registration and Updates:

• Easily register online at RegisterMeKY.org. This platform also allows you to update your information or remove yourself from the registry at any time.

Impact of Your Decision:

By joining the registry, you consent to the donation of your organs, tissues, and eyes if medically suitable. This can significantly improve the lives of countless individuals in need. To make specific donation preferences known, visit RegisterMeKY.org

Verification Process:

Upon your death, both the Kentucky Organ Donor Registry and the National Donate Life Registry will be consulted by trained donation professionals to confirm your wishes.

Become a Beacon of Hope

Registering as an organ, eye, and tissue donor is a powerful act of generosity that can offer a second chance to those desperately awaiting transplants. Take the initiative today and make a life-altering difference.

1. You can register your decision to be a deceased organ, tissue, and eye donor through the National Donate Life Registry or through the health app on your iPhone.
3. Eligibility and Decision-Making:
4. Anyone can register, regardless of age or medical history.
5. Individuals under 18 can register their wish to donate, but final authorization at the time of death rests with a parent or legal guardian.
6. Your registration serves as a legally binding document of gift, eliminating the need for family consent at the time of your passing.
7. 
   Everyone can register to be a donor – regardless of age or medical history.
8. Registration and Updates:
9. Easily register online at RegisterMeKY.org. This platform also allows you to update your information or remove yourself from the registry at any time.
10. Impact of Your Decision:
11. By joining the registry, you consent to the donation of your organs, tissues, and eyes if medically suitable. This can significantly improve the lives of countless individuals in need.
12. Verification Process:
13. Upon your death, both the Kentucky Organ Donor Registry and the National Donate Life Registry will be consulted by donation professionals to confirm your wishes.
14. Become a Beacon of Hope
15. Registering as an organ, eye, and tissue donor is a powerful act of generosity that can offer a second chance to those desperately awaiting transplants. Take the initiative today and make a life-altering difference.
17. If registering in the National Donate Life Registry through iPhone, you must be 18 years or older. Both your state donor registry and the National Donate Life Registry are checked by donation professionals at the time of your death.

1. No. They are two separate registries:
3. The National Donate Life Registry can be found at RegisterMe.org.
5. Your state donor registry can be found at RegisterMeKY.org. If you registered at your local driver’s license office or through the Kentucky Online Gateway, your donor registration is in your state donor registry.
7. Both your state donor registry and the National Donate Life Registry are checked by donation professionals at the time of your death.  

1. No. Everyone can register.  People of all ages and medical histories should consider themselves potential donors.
   
   

1. People of all ages and medical histories should consider themselves potential donors. Your medical condition at the time of death will determine what organs and tissues can be donated.
   A national system matches available organs from the donor with people on the waiting list based on blood type, body size, how sick they are, donor distance, tissue type and time on the list. Sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, race, income, celebrity and social status are never considered.

1. Deceased donation is the process of giving organs, corneas or tissues at the time of the donor’s death for the purpose of transplantation, research, therapy and education in accordance with the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA).
2. Deceased donation can only occur after death has been declared by medical professionals who are not part of the donation and transplant process.
3. The state Donor Registry and National Donate Life Registry are searched securely online to determine if the patient has authorized donation. If the potential donor is not found on a registry, their next of kin or legally authorized representative is given the opportunity to authorize donation.
4. Donation and transplantation professionals follow national policy to determine which organs can be recovered and to which patients on the national transplant waiting list the organs are to be allocated. Read more about the deceased donation process below:
   Network For Hope
   Donate Life America

Thank you for registering as a donor! That is an incredible, heroic, generous decision!

Please share this with your legal next of kin and those who will be involved at the time of your death.

“I understand that registering as a donor means: I have made the legally binding decision to save & heal lives, if clinically possible, after my death. I have given legal authorization to donate my organs, eyes, and tissues for transplant, research, education and therapy to save & heal others. If I’m able to be an organ donor at the time of my death, I understand I must stay on the ventilator for a limited time to ensure the donation process can be completed. If I’m able to be a donor at the time of my death, I understand that my next-of-kin must answer a series of questions about my medical and social history.”

Now, inspire others:

1. Encourage your loved ones to join you on the Registry via text, email & in person.
2. Be an influencer on social media.  Encourage others to learn more about the importance of donation & register themselves.  Tag us on social media @donatelifekentucky. Check out free outreach resources at Donate Life America.
3. Get involved with Donate Life Kentucky Trust!  Share your story, become a Board Member, Volunteer, host an event encouraging others to help, and deepen your impact by giving a recurring gift to help families in need. Learn more by emailing us at info@donatelifeky.org or calling 1-866-945-5433.

1. Find your local driver’s license office by clicking here.
   
   Please note: You can register online at RegisterMeKY.org without having to get a new driver’s license. You can also update your registration status. The Driver’s License office is unable to remove your name from the Registry in their system, so visiting the Registry website is the only way to remove your name from the state Registry.
   

1. At any point in time, a registered donor can update their personal information or remove themselves from the Donor Registry by going into their personal record. Please note: Removing your name from the state registry is a permanent removal. Only the registered donor is allowed to access their account.
   
2. To update or remove your name from the Kentucky Donor Registry:
3. 1) Go to RegisterMeKY.org.  
4. 2) Click “Change Registration”
5. 3) Log-in with your Driver’s License Number and Zip Code of when you first registered.
6. 4) Once in your record, you may edit your information or click “Not a Donor” to update your decision. You are immediately and permanently removed from the Kentucky Donor Registry. Although the license may still reflect a heart icon, you are not a registered donor. The Registry is the legal authorization, not the driver’s license. Next time you renew your license, you may ask the staff to remove the organ donor icon.
   
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8. Email or call the Donate Life Kentucky staff at info@donatelifeky.org or 1-866-945-5433 (during normal business hours)
9. In your message, include your driver’s license number, date of birth, and name. 
10. Staff will go into your record for you and click “Not a Donor”. This immediately and permanently removes your name from the Kentucky Donor Registry.
12. Next time you renew your driver’s license, ask the driver’s license staff to “please remove the organ donor icon from my license”. The driver’s license staff will not know that you have removed your name, as it does not reflect in their system. However, the icon is not authorization for donation. The donor registry is the authorization for donation, and your name has been permanently removed.
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    If you registered on the National Donate Life America Registry, go to RegisterMe.org and follow the instructions provided.

1. No. When an individual registers, it is legally binding and treated with the significance of a will. Families and legal representatives cannot overturn your decision to donate if you are registered on the state or national registry.
2. Kentucky is a first-person consent state, and first-person authorization is always followed after the patient’s death if donation is clinically possible. You are encouraged to talk to your next-of-kin and legal representatives about all of your end-of-life decisions.
3. Learn more by going to KYJustice.org.

1. Once a person turns 18, their decision to register as a donor is considered a legal, advanced directive. Just like a will, the decision to register is legally binding and followed as your deliberate decision. Your decision to register as an organ, eye, and tissue donor will be honored upon your death if donation criteria are met.
2. The OPO (organ procurement organization) will inform your legal next-of-kin or legal representatives of your decision to be a donor and will involve them in the donation process but will not ask them for authorization.
3. You are encouraged to talk to your next-of-kin and legal representatives about all of your end-of-life decisions. If you need help and would like to speak with a community educator about donation, please email info@donatelifeky.org or call 1-866-945-5433.

1. To build your organ Donor registry campaign, follow the following steps:
3. 1) Visit RegisterMe.org and fill out your registration info OR click “access registration” at the top of the page.
4. 2) If you click “access registration” and fill in the appropriate information on the page when you are redirected.
5. 3) Once you have registered, you will be directed to the “My Donor Account” page. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of this page.
6. 4) Click “New Registration Campaign” at the bottom of the page.
7. 5) You will be redirected to the “Create Your Campaign” page, where you can add photos, and verbiage and set registry drive goals for your unique page.