§ 490. Definition; application for and issuance of identification\ncard. 1. Definition. The term "identification card" shall mean and\nrefer to a non-driver identification card issued pursuant to the\nprovisions of this article.\n 2. Application. (a) Any person to whom a driver's license or learner's\npermit has not been issued by the commissioner, or whose driver's\nlicense or learner's permit is expired, suspended, revoked or\nsurrendered, may make application to the commissioner for the issuance\nof an identification card. The commissioner shall ensure that space is\nprovided on the application so that the applicant shall register or\ndecline registration in the donate life registry for organ and tissue\ndonations pursuant to section forty-three hundred ten of the public\nhealth law and that the following is stated on the application in clear\nand conspicuous type:\n "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to be added\nto the Donate Life Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this\nquestion'."\n The commissioner of health shall not maintain records of any person\nwho checks "skip this question". Except where the application is made in\nperson or electronically, failure to check a box shall not impair the\nvalidity of an application, and failure to check "yes" or checking "skip\nthis question" shall not be construed to imply a wish not to donate. In\nthe case of an applicant under eighteen years of age, checking "yes"\nshall not constitute consent to make an anatomical gift or registration\nin the donate life registry, except as otherwise provided pursuant to\nthe provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section\nforty-three hundred one of the public health law. Where an applicant has\npreviously consented to make an anatomical gift or registered in the\ndonate life registry, checking "skip this question" or failing to check\na box shall not impair that consent or registration.\n (b) The identification card shall display the sex designation of M, F,\nor X as certified by the applicant, with no additional documentation\nrequired. The applicant may amend the sex designation of their\nidentification card upon request.\n * 2-a. Solicitation for applicant to consent to share certain\ninformation with the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program\nestablished in 42 U.S.C. Section 274k or the national marrow donor\nprogram ("registry operator") for the purpose of receiving information\nabout enrolling in the national registry of volunteer bone marrow or\nblood cell donors. In addition to the provisions of subdivision two of\nthis section, the commissioner shall ensure that space is provided on\nthe application for an identification card or renewal thereof to advise\napplicants of the existence of the national registry and to allow for\napplicants to consent to sharing their information with the registry\noperator for the purposes of receiving information from the national\nmarrow donor program about enrolling as a potential volunteer bone\nmarrow or blood cell donor on the national registry. Such information\nrelated to the consenting applicant shared with the registry operator\nshall be limited to the first and last name, date of birth, email\naddress, and physical address.\n * NB Effective January 1, 2028\n 3. Issuance. (a) (i) The commissioner shall upon submission of an\nappropriate application, upon payment of the prescribed fee, and upon\nbeing satisfied that the person described is the applicant and that such\napplicant meets the requirements set forth in subdivision two of this\nsection, issue to such applicant a nontransferable identification card.\nIn addition, the commissioner also shall require that an applicant for\nan identification card or renewal thereof provide his or her social\nsecurity number. The commissioner shall provide space so that an\napplicant may request a notation upon such identification card that he\nor she is a veteran of the United States armed forces.\n (ii) I‹ Prev All New York sections Next ›
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