You may have some questions about the Donate Life California Registry. Following are some frequently asked questions and answers to assist you as you visit our Web site.
You can sign up by clicking here and following the instructions to complete the Registry sign-up. Also, since July 1st of 2006, the DMV now provides the opportunity for the public to sign up with Donate Life California when applying or renewing for a driver’s license or ID. Either way, signing up online or through the DMV, your consent to be a donor is registered with Donate Life California Registry.
All hospitals are required to contact their designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) when they identify a potential donor. When the OPO has been contacted, they immediately begin the donation process by checking the Registry to see if the potential donor has registered to be an organ and/or tissue donor. If the potential donor is registered, this information will be shared with the family and they will be consulted about the donor’s medical/social history. The OPO then evaluates the medical suitability of the donor, manages the medical care of the donor until transplantation can take place, and taps into a national database to match the donor and a patient in need of a transplant based on medical criteria, such as blood and tissue type. Finally, the OPO manages the transport of organs to the surgeons who will perform the transplants into waiting recipients. At the completion of the donation process a few lymph nodes from the donor are sent to the histo-compatibility laboratory for archiving purposes.
California's four nonprofit organ procurement organizations (OPOs) were authorized to establish and maintain an online Registry through legislation signed in 2003. They are California Transplant Donor Network (www.ctdn.org), Golden State Donor Services (www.gsds.org), Lifesharing (www.lifesharing.org) and OneLegacy (www.onelegacy.org).
You will have the option of sending an e-mail notification to your family members while you are completing the Registry sign-up. The organ procurement specialist at the hospital will also notify your family at the time of your death. We strongly encourage you to talk to your family about your decision so that they can be prepared to provide information about your medical and social history. Your family will be supported by our staff throughout this entire process.
We will verify your Registry sign-up by sending you an email within thirty business days. Your Registry sign-up will not be considered "active" in the Registry system until the electronic signature has been verified.
All information submitted will be used only for official Registry transplant business and will be kept completely secure and confidential. The information will be accessible as “read only” to authorized organ and tissue recovery personnel. We will not share, sell or otherwise compromise this information.
Your personal information, such as your address or married name, can be changed at any time by accessing your Registry sign-up with your login and password.
You will be able to remove your name from the Registry at this Web site with your log-in and password.
Go to the "Forgot your password/id?" page and your password can be retrieved by following the directions.
This online Registry allows Californians who are at least 18 years of age to register their consent to donate specific or all organs and tissues upon their death.
(If you are 17 years old or younger, you can join Donate Life California, but your parents will make the final decision about organ and tissue donation at the appropriate time.)
Prior to the Registry, the responsibility for giving consent for donation fell solely on the donor's family. Unfortunately, the family members were not always aware of their loved one's wishes regarding donation. This Registry will eliminate any doubt that a family member may have about your wishes to DONATE LIFE. Your family will be provided a copy of your Registry sign-up at the hospital so that your life-saving wishes can be fulfilled.
Each person will be asked to provide unique personal identifiers, such as birth date and mother's maiden name, when they submit their Registry sign-up that will be used to confirm your identification.
All hospitals are required to contact their designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) when they identify a potential donor. When the OPO has been contacted, they immediately begin the donation process by checking the Registry to see if the potential donor has registered to be an organ and/or tissue donor. If the potential donor is registered, this information will be shared with the family and they will be consulted about the donor’s medical/social history. The OPO then evaluates the medical suitability of the donor, manages the medical care of the donor until transplantation can take place, and taps into a national database to match the donor and a patient in need of a transplant based on medical criteria, such as blood and tissue type. Finally, the OPO manages the transport of organs to the surgeons who will perform the transplants into waiting recipients. At the completion of the donation process a few lymph nodes from the donor are sent to the histo-compatibility laboratory for archiving purposes.
California's four nonprofit organ procurement organizations (OPOs) were authorized to establish and maintain an online Registry through legislation signed in 2003. They are California Transplant Donor Network (www.ctdn.org), Golden State Donor Services (www.gsds.org), Lifesharing (www.lifesharing.org) and OneLegacy (www.onelegacy.org).
You will have the option of sending an e-mail notification to your family members while you are completing the Registry sign-up. The organ procurement specialist at the hospital will also notify your family at the time of your death. We strongly encourage you to talk to your family about your decision so that they can be prepared to provide information about your medical and social history. Your family will be supported by our staff throughout this entire process.
We will verify your Registry sign-up by sending you an email within thirty business days. Your Registry sign-up will not be considered "active" in the Registry system until the electronic signature has been verified.
All information submitted will be used only for official Registry transplant business and will be kept completely secure and confidential. The information will be accessible as “read only” to authorized organ and tissue recovery personnel. We will not share, sell or otherwise compromise this information.
Your personal information, such as your address or married name, can be changed at any time by accessing your Registry sign-up with your login and password.
You will be able to remove your name from the Registry at this Web site with your log-in and password.
Go to the "Forgot your password/id?" page and your password can be retrieved by following the directions.
This online Registry allows Californians who are at least 18 years of age to register their consent to donate specific or all organs and tissues upon their death.
(If you are 17 years old or younger, you can join Donate Life California, but your parents will make the final decision about organ and tissue donation at the appropriate time.)
Prior to the Registry, the responsibility for giving consent for donation fell solely on the donor's family. Unfortunately, the family members were not always aware of their loved one's wishes regarding donation. This Registry will eliminate any doubt that a family member may have about your wishes to DONATE LIFE. Your family will be provided a copy of your Registry sign-up at the hospital so that your life-saving wishes can be fulfilled.
Each person will be asked to provide unique personal identifiers, such as birth date and mother's maiden name, when they submit their Registry sign-up that will be used to confirm your identification.