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with personnel at a hospital licensed in this State these
provisions concerning honoring the intent of organ donors and
include:

 
A.__An indication that the donor revoked or altered the
statement of intent to donate, as provided in section 2906
or Title 18-A, Article 5, Part 8.__Next of kin acting
under this paragraph shall provide evidence of revocation
or alteration by the donor after the date of the donor's
expressing a willingness or intention to donate; or

 
B.__An indication of the decision of the signer to
override the expressed intention of the donor.

 
If more than one person qualifies as next of kin and also
qualifies to execute an anatomical gift of all or part of the
decedent's body under this chapter or any other provision of
law, the document used to override donor intent must show the
agreement of a majority of those persons at the level of
priority of the signer under Title 18-A, section 5-805 or
Title 22, section 2902, subsection 2.

 
Sec. 4. 26 MRSA §979-D, sub-§1, ķE, as amended by PL 1997, c. 741, §6
and affected by §12, is further amended by amending
subparagraph (1), division (c) to read:

 
(c) Use of vacation or sick leave, or both.__
Public employees who donate bone marrow are
eligible for 7 days of administrative leave for
that purpose, and public employees who donate
other tissues or organs are eligible for 30 days
of administrative leave for that purpose.__
Administrative leave granted under this division
may be used before sick leave and is in addition
to any sick leave to which the employee is
entitled;

 
Sec. 5. 29-A MRSA §1301, sub-§8 is enacted to read:

 
8.__Organ and tissue donation.__This subsection applies to
organ donation under section 1402-A.

 
A.__Before issuing or renewing a driver's license, the
Secretary of State shall read to the applicant a short
statement on the opportunity to save a life through organ
and tissue donation and shall provide the applicant an
opportunity to become an organ or tissue donor.__The
applicant must be given a form on which to indicate
whether the applicant intends to become a donor.


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