(a) There is hereby established an Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Board comprised of 9 members to be appointed by the Governor. The members of the Board shall include a representative of the federally certified organ procurement organization serving Delaware, a representative of an eye bank located in Delaware, a transplant recipient, a donor family member, a physician having special interest in the area of transplantation, a current officer, employee or board member of a Delaware acute care general hospital, 1 representative each from the Department of Health and Social Services, the Department of Education and the Division of Motor Vehicles. Members of the Board shall serve for 3-year terms and may be appointed to successive terms by the Governor. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this section. (b) The Board shall have the power and its duty shall be: (1) To develop donor awareness programs in Delaware, including but not limited to a promotional campaign to encourage Delaware residents to register as donors through the State's driver's license program; educational programs in secondary schools; and an education and awareness campaign for Delaware state employees; (2) From moneys in the Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Trust Fund or otherwise made available to the Board, to award grants or make and enter into contracts with any person, association, partnership or corporation for the development, design and implementation of donor awareness programs in Delaware. (3) To appoint officers, agents, employees and servants, and to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation; provided, that the Board shall have the authority to obtain staff support, office space, equipment and supplies from any state department, with or without compensation; (4) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient for the conduct of its business and the exercise of the authority of the Board; (5) To apply for and accept appropriations, grants, loans and other assistance from, and to enter into contracts, agreements or other transactions with the federal government, the state government, political subdivisions, persons, associations, partnerships or corporations for the development, design and implementation of donor awareness programs in Delaware; (6) To do all acts and things necessary to carry out the powers granted to it by this act.
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