1. (A) Donate Life South Carolina is to be administered by a board of directors appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and is composed of:

   1. (1) one representative from a civic organization that promotes organ or tissue donation or both;
   2. (2) four members representing organ and tissue recipients, families of recipients, and families of donors who are residents of South Carolina; of these four members, one each must represent the Lowcountry, Pee Dee, Midlands, and Piedmont regions of the State;
   3. (3) one forensic pathologist who is a resident of and who is licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina;
   4. (4) four at-large members who have demonstrated an interest in organ and tissue donation and education and who are residents of this State.
2. (B) Members shall serve terms of four years and until successors are appointed and qualify. A board member may be removed by the Governor in accordance with Section 1-3-240(B). Members may serve no more than two full terms, except that there is no limit to the number of terms that a forensic pathologist may serve. Vacancies must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 262, Section 3; 1998 Act No. 289, Section 9; 2006 Act No. 334, Section 1, eff June 2, 2006; 2007 Act No. 92, Section 1, eff June 14, 2007.

Effect of Amendment

The 2006 amendment, in subsection (A), in subparagraph (1), substituted "LifePoint, Inc." for "the South Carolina Organ Procurement Agency", deleted subparagraph (2) referring to the American Red Cross Southeastern Tissue Services, redesignated subparagraphs (3) to (6) as subparagraphs (2) to (5), in subparagraph (2) substituted "a civic organization that promotes organ or tissue donation or both" for "South Carolina Lions Eye Bank, Inc.", and in subparagraph (5) substituted "three" for "four" at-large members; and, in subsection (B), added the exception as to the number of terms of a forensic pathologist.

The 2007 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "Donate Life South Carolina" for "The Gift of Life Trust Fund", deleted paragraph (1) relating to a representative from LifePoint, Inc., redesignated paragraphs (2) to (5) as (1) to (4), and, in paragraphs (2) and (4), deleted ", and eye" following "tissue".