Florida Statute 765.521
“Donations as part of driver license or identification card process”
What it means
The agency and the department must develop and implement a program encouraging and allowing people to make anatomical gifts when identification cards are issued and driver licenses are issued or renewed. The department's donor registration card must include the information in the uniform donor card under s. 765.514. The department must also identify donors through notations on identification cards, driver licenses, and driver records, or other methods.
A notation on a driver license or identification card that the individual intends to make an anatomical gift satisfies all requirements for consent to organ or tissue donation. The department and the agency incur no liability in connection with acts the subsection authorizes.
The department must keep an integrated link on its website that refers a visitor renewing a driver license or conducting other business to the donor registry operated under s. 765.5155. The department adopts implementing rules after consultation with and concurrence by the agency. Funds the agency spends on the section may not come from funds appropriated for patient care.
- The agency and department must run a program allowing anatomical gifts as part of ID card issuance and driver license issuance and renewal (§ 765.521(1)).
- A license or ID card notation of intent to donate satisfies all requirements for consent to organ or tissue donation (§ 765.521(1)).
- The department and agency incur no liability for acts the subsection authorizes (§ 765.521(1)).
- The department's website must carry an integrated link to the donor registry under s. 765.5155 (§ 765.521(2)).
- Agency funds used for the section may not come from patient care appropriations (§ 765.521(4)).
Text of the statute (2026)
(1) The agency and the department shall develop and implement a program encouraging and allowing persons to make anatomical gifts as a part of the process of issuing identification cards and issuing and renewing driver licenses. The donor registration card distributed by the department shall include the information required by the uniform donor card under s. 765.514 and such additional information as determined necessary by the department. The department shall also develop and implement a program to identify donors which includes notations on identification cards, driver licenses, and driver records or such other methods as the department develops to clearly indicate the individual’s intent to make an anatomical gift. A notation on an individual’s driver license or identification card that the individual intends to make an anatomical gift satisfies all requirements for consent to organ or tissue donation. The agency shall provide the necessary supplies and forms from funds appropriated from general revenue or contributions from interested voluntary, nonprofit organizations. The department shall provide the necessary record-keeping system from funds appropriated from general revenue. The department and the agency shall incur no liability in connection with the performance of any acts authorized herein.
(2) The department shall maintain an integrated link on its website referring a visitor renewing a driver license or conducting other business to the donor registry operated under s. 765.5155.
(3) The department, after consultation with and concurrence by the agency, shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this section according to the provisions of chapter 120.
(4) Funds expended by the agency to carry out the intent of this section may not be taken from funds appropriated for patient care.
Excerpts are the subsections the summary relies on. Read the full official text of § 765.521.
History. s. 1, ch. 75-71; s. 1, ch. 77-16; s. 463, ch. 77-147; s. 1, ch. 77-174; ss. 1, 2, ch. 80-134; s. 5, ch. 83-171; s. 10, ch. 95-423; s. 71, ch. 2001-226; s. 8, ch. 2008-223; s. 10, ch. 2009-218; s. 62, ch. 2016-239.
How it applies
The notation on a license or identification card is a way of making an anatomical gift under s. 765.514(1)(c), and this section states that the notation satisfies all consent requirements.
To change a designation, a donor uses the methods in s. 765.516, which include removing the name from the donor registry and executing a later document of gift.
Questions people ask
Sources
- Florida Statutes (2026), s. 765.521, Florida Senate (Supports subsections (1) to (4): the license program, the consent notation, the registry link, and funding limits.)
- Online Sunshine, Florida Statutes (2026), s. 765.521 (Text, catchline, and History line checked against this page on 2026-10-17: A notation on an individual’s driver license or identification card that the individual intends to make an anatomical gift satisfies all requirements for consent to organ or tissue donation.)
- Florida Statutes (2026), s. 765.5155, Florida Senate (Subsection (2) refers to the donor registry operated under s. 765.5155.)
Last checked: October 17, 2026
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