North Dakota could be among the first states to

[Guest guest]

Now North

Dakota could be among the first states to approve a

law that modernizes organ donation procedures and which is expected to make

more organs available.

Under a

bill being prepared for the legislative session that gets under way Wednesday,

the state would adopt the revised national Uniform Anatomical Gifts Act.

“The

new UAGA explicitly takes away from families the ability to amend or revoke

donations made by donors during their lifetimes,” the National Conference

writes………

http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=151398 & section=News & forumcomm_check_return & freebie_check & CFID=13578343 & CFTOKEN=17579162 & jsessionid=8830ce2e51b653204f32

[Guest guest]

Barb, I read the story but it wasn't clear to me how this differs from

the First Person Consent laws that have been passed in many states.

http://www.unos.org/inTheNews/factsheets.asp?fs=6 has a table showing

states support of First Person Consent and registries.