Texas Law

Routine Inquiry Law- requires hospital personnel to make sure that organ and tissue donation is offered as an option to families who have lost a loved one. If the patient has not indicated his wishes concerning donation, it is up to the family to make the decision.

Not everyone who has signed up to be an organ donor actually become donors when there is no chance of reviving them. The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act says that anyone with a signed donor card is a donor, but agencies and hospitals hesitate to go against the wishes of family members. Therefore, donors who have not told their families usually do not become donors.

If you want to remove yourself from the list of donors, in the state of Texas, apply to the Texas DOT and send written notice to the Commissioner of State Health Services.