Sec. 1. 18-A MRSA §5-816-A is enacted to read:

§5-816-A.__Registration

Beginning January 1, 2004 a person who possesses an advance health care directive executed pursuant to this Part shall deliver the advance health care directive to the Maine Organ Donor Registry established pursuant to Title 29-A, section 1402-A, subsection 4, paragraph A.__This section applies to persons executing an advance health care directive, attorneys, health care providers, surrogates and any other who possesses an advance health care directive executed by another person.

Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §8702, sub-§1 is enacted to read:

1.__Curriculum beginning January 1, 2004.__The driver education course curriculum must include a short segment on organ and tissue donation, including at a minimum the following information:

A.__A statement that it is the policy of the State to provide information regarding the opportunity to save lives through organ and tissue donation; and

B.__Requirements for indicating the intention to donate.

Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §2911 is enacted to read:

§2911.__Honor intent of organ donors

1. General rule.__The intention of a person to make a donation of that person's own body organ or tissue after death must be honored.__In the absence of a written statement overriding donor intent in accordance with subsection 2, or revocation or amendment of the donor's execution of the intent to donate under section 2906, Title 18-A, Article 5, Part 8 or Title 29-A, section 1402-A, health care providers licensed in this State and federally designated organ procurement organizations shall act in accordance with the donor's intention and may take appropriate actions to effect the gift.

2.__Overriding donor intent.__Next of kin to a person who has expressed intent to donate that person's own body organ or tissue after death may override the intention of the donor in accordance with this subsection by executing a written statement, witnessed by 2 persons who are not relatives of the donor, indicating awareness of the expressed intention of the donor.__The written statement must indicate that the signer has discussed