Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Board

The OEMS provides staff support to the Delaware Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Board. Created by Delaware Code, Title 16, Chapter 27, Anatomical, Gifts and Studies, Section 2730, this Governor-appointed Board has the responsibility of promoting and developing organ donor awareness programs in Delaware. These programs include, but are not limited to, various types of public education initiatives aimed at educating residents about the need for organ donation and encouraging them to become designated organ donors through the State driver's license program. An average of 400 Delawareans are waiting for organ transplants at any given time.

In 2006, sixty-one Delawareans were organ transplant recipients and 30 patients' families gave the gift of life by donating their loved ones' organs or tissues at death. Approximately 279,700 (39%) of Delaware drivers have designated themselves as organ donors on their driver's licenses to date. To request more information or access the online organ donor form, please link to Delaware Organ Donor Program.

For more information, please contact the program office.