N.Y. Public Health Law § 4368: New York state gift of life medal of honor

§ 4368. New York state gift of life medal of honor. The governor shall

establish a program for public recognition of organ, tissue and bone

marrow donors and their families for their life saving contributions.

The governor shall commission the design, with the advice and consent of

the department and the transplant council established pursuant to

section forty-three hundred sixty-one of this article, of the "New York

State gift of life medal of honor". Such medal shall be awarded annually

to honor the memory of all individual organ donors or the gifts of donor

families. Persons who donate bone marrow shall also be eligible to be

awarded the medal. The department and the transplant council shall be

responsible for nominating and choosing recipients, and for overseeing

and maintaining such program.