Becoming a Donor

Becoming an organ, tissue, and eye donor is easy.  You can indicate that you want to be a donor in the following ways:

Register with the National Donate Life Registry. This ensures that your donor registration travels with you, no matter where you live or move across the country.  Regardless of what state you reside in, you can register online at DonateLifeFlorida.org.  All registrations go to the National Donate Life Registry.  If you have an iPhone with iOS 10 or later, you can register through the Health app.  Registrations submitted via iPhone also go directly to the national registry.

Designate your choice on your driver's license. Do this when you obtain or renew your license.

Tell your family. Make sure your family knows your wishes regarding donation.

The best way to ensure that your wishes are carried out is to register with the national registry and have donor designation on your driver's license or state ID.

You may include your wishes in your living will if you have one, but that might not be immediately available at the time of your death.  If you have designated someone to make health care decisions for you if you become unable to do so, make sure that person knows that you want to be an organ donor.

It's also very important to tell your family that you want to be a donor. Hospitals seek consent from the next of kin before removing organs, although this is not required if you're registered with the National Donate Life Registry or have donor designation on your driver's license or state ID card.