Statewide Iowa — There’s a new way to become an organ donor in Iowa — you can register when you get your hunting license.
Suzanne Conrad is the CEO of the Iowa Donor Network.
The change comes after the governor signed a bill creating what’s known as “Logan’s Law.” Family members worked with lawmakers to get the bill passed after 15-year-old Logan Luft of Charles City died in 2017 and his organs and tissue were donated.
Conrad says it’s important that you follow through when you see the question that asks if you want to be a donor.
Conrad says “Logan’s Law” and increasing the chances to register is a touching way to make something good come from a tragedy. She says that is a key result of most organ donations too.
She says there is a long waiting list for organs.
You’ve been offered the opportunity to indicate you are an organ donor for some 20 years when you renew your driver’s license. Conrad says some licenses are only renewed every eight years — while hunting licenses are renewed annually and that gives more opportunities to ask people to sign up. And they are also working to educate that outdoor group about organ donation.
Figures show that 74 percent of adults in Iowa are currently registered as organ, eye and tissue donors. You can register as an organ donor anytime online at: IowaDonorNetwork.org
