The new law will, instead, ask you to fill out a special separate card. The legislature has asked the regional Organ Banks to provide cards to the Department of Public Safety. Those cards are to be made available at DPS driver license offices. If you have already filled out the form on your driver's license, it will continue to be valid. While all three of these methods are legal, the method you select must be sensitive to the speed requirements of donation.
Any lengthy delay makes an organ donation impossible.
Hence, you should avoid using only your Last Will and Testament because it could be days before anyone sees your statement. In the interest of speed, it is much better to carry a card on your person. If you don't want to wait for this new law to take effect, you can contact the regional Organ bank directly. They can send you a brochure and the proper documents to make your self an organ donor. T his column answers a specific legal question offered by an individual in the South Texas area.