FAQs about the Registry
- WHO CAN BE A DONOR?
Anyone can register their decision to save lives by joining the Donate Life Georgia Organ, Eye and Tissue Donor registry. If you are under 17 years of age, your parents will make the ultimate decision, but you can let them know your decision to be a donor and register at donatelifegeorgia.org.
- HOW DO I JOIN THE REGISTRY?
You can easily join the registry when obtaining or renewing a driver license at a Georgia Department of Driver Service office, when obtaining a hunting or fishing license online through the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, online at www.DonateLifeGeorgia.org, and if you have an iPhone with iOS 10, you can register from your phone using the Health app.
- HOW CAN I REMOVE MYSELF FROM THE REGISTRY?
If you want to remove yourself from the registry, click LOGIN
- HOW DOES THE DONATION PROCESS WORK WITH THE REGISTRY?
All Georgia hospitals are required to contact LifeLink of Georgia when someone is near death or has died in the hospital. When LifeLink of Georgia has been contacted, the Donate Life Georgia Organ, Eye and Tissue Donor Registry is checked to see if the patient has registered to be an organ, tissue and/or eye donor. If the patient is registered, this information will be shared with the family, and they will be consulted about the patient’s medical/social history. If a patient is not registered, the options of donation are shared with the family and if authorization is received, a medical/social history is discussed.
LifeLink of Georgia then evaluates the medical suitability of the donor, manages the medical care of the donor until transplantation can take place, and consults the national database to match the donor and patients in need of a transplant based on medical criteria, such as blood and tissue type. Finally, LifeLink of Georgia coordinates transportation of the lifesaving gifts to surgeons who will perform the transplants.
- I WANT TO BE A LIVING DONOR, HOW?
Augusta University Medical Center: http://www.augustahealth.org
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta: https://www.choa.org/medical-services/transplant
Emory Healthcare: https://www.emoryhealthcare.org/centers-programs/transplant-center/index.html
Piedmont Healthcare: http://www.piedmont.org/transplant/transplant-home
