Wisconsin Code § 343.175

Organ donor information
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(1) DEPARTMENT TO
SOLICIT AND RECORD INFORMATION. As part of every application
for an original, duplicate, reinstated, reissued or renewal license
or endorsement, the department shall inquire whether the applicant desires to be an organ donor. The department shall record
the organ donor response in its file of the person. If a procurement organization, as defined in s. 157.06 (2) (p) , reasonably
identifies a person and requests the information recorded in the
person’s file under this subsection, the department shall promptly
provide this information to the procurement organization.
(1r) DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. In addition to
the inquiry under sub. (1), if the applicant is at least 15 and onehalf years of age, the department shall orally state to the applicant
that he or she has the opportunity to indicate his or her willingness to be an organ donor. If the applicant indicates that he or she
is undecided in response to the inquiry under sub. (1), the department shall provide the applicant with written information that all
organ procurement organizations and the department have together developed. If the applicant makes an affirmative response
to the inquiry under sub. (1), the department shall request at that
time that the applicant write on the license the information that is
specified under sub. (2) (ar) and affix a sticker, as described in
sub. (3), to the front side of the license document.
(1v) DEPARTMENT TO RECORD INFORMATION RECEIVED
FROM DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. The department
shall record a donor authorization received under s. 29.024 (12)
(a) in its file of the person. If no file exists, the department shall
create a file for that person. The department shall maintain, disclose, and remove this information in the same manner required
with respect to other information in its record of potential donors
under this section and ss. 157.06, 343.14 (6) and (7), and 343.50
(4m).
(1x) DEPARTMENT TO RECORD INFORMATION RECEIVED
FROM DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. The department shall record a
donor authorization received under s. 71.10 (5w) (b) 1. in its file
of the person. If no file exists, the department shall create a file
for that person. The department shall maintain, disclose, and remove this information in the same manner required with respect
to other information in its record of potential donors under this
section and ss. 157.06, 343.14 (6) and (7), and 343.50 (4m).
(2) RECORD OF GIFT OR REFUSAL. (a) Except as provided in
par. (ag), a part of the reverse side of each license shall be printed
to serve as a record of gift under s. 157.06 (2) (t) or a record of refusal under s. 157.06 (2) (u).
(ag) The department shall print a separate document to be issued to all persons issued a commercial driver license and make
provisions so that the document may be attached to the reverse
side of the license document along one edge. This document
shall serve as a record of gift under s. 157.06 (2) (t) or a record of
refusal under s. 157.06 (2) (u).
(ar) If the person desires to be an organ donor, he or she may
so indicate in the space provided on the license. The donor may
supply information in the space provided on the license, including the specific body parts or organs to be donated, the name of
the donee, the purpose for which the gift is made and the physician whom the donor wishes to carry out the appropriate procedures. The anatomical gift described on the license shall be
signed by the licensee.
(b) The licensee may revoke or amend his or her gift by crossing out the donor authorization in the space provided on the license or as otherwise prescribed in s. 157.06. The licensee may
refuse to make an anatomical gift by so indicating in the space
provided on the license or as otherwise prescribed in s. 157.06.
(c) Persons authorizing gifts of their body parts remain subject to s. 157.06.
(3) ORGAN DONOR STICKER. The department shall designate
a space on the front side of the license document where the licensee may affix a sticker which indicates that the licensee is a
potential donor of body organs or parts for the purposes of transplantation, therapy, medical research or education. The sticker
shall not be larger than one-half inch in diameter and shall not
conceal any of the contents required by s. 343.17 (3). The sticker
shall be of a distinctive design and supplied to the donor by a nationally recognized organization that enlists donors of body organs or parts for the purposes of transplantation, therapy, medical
research or education.

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