South Carolina General Assembly
105th Session, 1983-1984

Bill 676

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               676
Ratification Number:       481
Act Number:                412
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Relating to a driver's license reflecting
                           the donation by the licensee of any or all of
                           his body
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(A412, R481, S676)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-43-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO A DRIVER'S LICENSE REFLECTING THE DONATION BY THE LICENSEE OF ANY OR ALL OF HIS BODY, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE NOTATION OF DONATIONS AND GIFTS OF ALL OR PART OF A PERSON'S BODY ON HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AS A PERMANENT PART OF THE LICENSE; AND TO AMEND THE 1976 CODE BY ADDING SECTION 44-43-50, SO AS TO GRANT THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, ITS OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 44-43-40.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Donations and gifts of parts of body noted on driver's license

SECTION 1. Section 44-43-40 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 2 of Act 347 of 1980, is further amended to read:

"Section 44-43-40. 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 as a permanent part of the license. The notification may be a sticker applied to the license and sealed to it by lamination or other means. After a driver's license has been issued, reissued, or renewed, the Department shall issue to each person who has notified it that he is a donor under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act a suitable decal to be affixed to the driver's license of the person. The notice must be an affidavit executed on a form prepared by the Department and furnished on written request. The notation does not constitute execution of a gift under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. The Department is not the registry of anatomical gifts."

Department immune from liability

SECTION 2. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 44-43-50. The Department of Highways and Public Transportation, its officers, and employees are immune from any civil liability for any acts or omissions in carrying out the provisions of Section 44-43-40."

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.