About Donate Life Virginia
Who We Are
We are the Virginia Transplant Council d/b/a Donate Life Virginia (§ 32.1-297.1) and we manage the Virginia Donor Registry (§ 32.1-292.2) for organ, eye and tissue donation.
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Help Us Save Lives
When you contribute to the Virginia Donor Registry and Public Awareness Fund you’re helping fellow Virginians. Donate Life Virginia uses those funds to maintain the Registry and support programs that increase organ, eye, and tissue donations.
You can make a donation during any online transaction you have with the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.
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About the Registry
The Virginia Donor Registry launched in 2003. It contains the names of people in Virginia who have indicated their desire to be organ, eye and tissue donors either at the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles or online.
When someone dies, and is deemed medically suitable for donation by a federally designated, nonprofit organ procurement organization, a donation professional accesses the Registry to see if the person is registered as a donor. If the person is registered, their decision to be a donor is honored in Virginia. If the person is not listed, then the donation professional offers the family the opportunity for their loved one to donate.
All information submitted will be used only by donation professionals and will be kept completely confidential.
Donate Life Virginia Members
Our members represent various aspects of the transplant community, representing eye banks, transplant centers, and organ procurement organizations. Donor families, organ recipients and others touched by organ donation actively participate on our board.
Full Members
- Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
- Infinite Legacy
- Inova Fairfax Hospital
- LifeNet Health
- Lions Medical Eye Bank & Research Center of Eastern Virginia, Inc.
- Old Dominion Eye Foundation
- Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
- Tennessee Donor Services
- The Virginia Transplant Center, Henrico Doctors' Hospital
- UVA Health
- VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center
Additional Resources
- American Association of Blood Banks
- American Association of Tissue Banks
- Association of Organ Procurement Organizations
- American Red Cross
- Be the Match - National Marrow Donor Program
- Eye Bank Association of America
- National Donor Family Council
- Transplant Living
- United Network for Organ Sharing
- Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association