 
The
Gift of Life Education Fund provides for
the production and dissemination of
educational materials
regarding the importance of organ and
tissue donation.
The fund was established in 2001 by
passage of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
(NRS 460.150).
The billboard is on smaller
billboards posted around Reno. Locations
will be
posted on The Transplant Network's website.
Specialty License Plates -- Hidden Text
Nevada has an Organ Donor specialty
license plate you can display on your
vehicle. A portion of the initial purchase
cost and of the annual renewal fee
supports the Gift of Life Education Fund.
Click here for more information.
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles
can also provide you with a mail-in
contribution form and accepts donations at
DMV locations thoughout the state.
While the need for organ and tissue
donations has grown astronomically, the
number of donors has not. According to UNOS (United Network
for Organ Sharing), more than 90,000
people (for current statistics, visit the
UNOS
website) nationally are currently waiting
for an organ or tissue transplant; every
14 minutes a new name will be added to the
list; and every day 17 people die in the
United States because they failed to
receive a transplant in time.
Now, more
than ever, it is imperative that we as
Nevadans and as a society recognize the
importance of organ and tissue donation.
The Task Force seeks to encourage all
Nevadans to pledge the gift of life by
becoming an organ and tissue donor.
During the
2001 Legislative session, the Attorney
General testified in support of Assembly
Bill 497, which was sponsored by
Assemblywoman Dawn Gibbons and Senator Ray
Rawson and several of their colleagues.
Assembly Bill 497 requires the Department
of Motor Vehicles to work in conjunction
with the Attorney General’s Bureau of
Consumer Protection to create and maintain
an accurate list of individuals who have
pledged to be organ donors.
With the passage of AB234 in the 2005
Legislative session, the jurisdiction of
the Nevada Organ & Tissue Donation Task
Force and the responsibilities have been
moved to the University of Nevada Reno (UNR)
school of medicine.
Click below for additional information:
Organ & Tissue Donation: A Plan for All
Nevadans
(pdf)
Click below on some additional topics of
interest:
The Truth About
Donations (Nevada
Donor Network)
US Transplantation Data
(UNOS)
Organ and
Tissue Donation Brochure (pdf)
Additional Links from numerous
organization
Resources for Transplant Patients
NOTE: The state of Nevada has a new
Organ & Tissue donor registry maintained
by Statline.
Click here for the
English -or-
Spanish on-line PDF
versions of the Donor form.
1 - Just
fill in the information
2 - print the form
3 - sign
your name
4 - Mail it to the
appropriate address for your location
(listed on your form)
To contribute by mail
you have two options:
Step 1: Enter the requested
information into the on-line form
Step 2: Print the Form
Step 3: Mail the form, along with your
contribution to the address shown at the
bottom of the form
-or-
Step 1: Print the on-line Form
Step 2: Fill in the appropriate
information on the on-line form
Step 3: Mail the form, along with your
contribution to the address shown at the
bottom of the form
click here
for the on-line contribution form
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