To ensure your wishes are carried out, it's recommended you discuss your commitment to be a donor with your family and have them witness your signature on your Donor Certification Card. The family of a donor does not receive nor pay any fees. It's illegal to buy or sell human organs or tissues. The family is responsible for the burial costs, but does not pay any hospital or physician fees associated with organ and tissue removal. Donation is considered only after all efforts to save your life have been exhausted.
Donation never occurs until death is certified.
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