---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 274i"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "274i"
heading: "Eligibility requirements for Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/274i"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter II — General Powers and Duties"
  - "Part H–1 — Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal"
---

# §274i. Eligibility requirements for Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal

- (a) **In general—** Subject to the provisions of this section and the availability of funds under this part, any [organ](/usc/42/274i–4.md?p=1) donor, or the family of any [organ](/usc/42/274i–4.md?p=1) donor, shall be eligible for a Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal (hereafter in this part referred to as a “medal”).
- (b) **Documentation—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) of Health and Human [Services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) shall direct the entity operating the [Organ](/usc/42/274i–4.md?p=1) Procurement and Transplantation Network to—
  - (1) establish an application procedure requiring the relevant [organ procurement organization](/usc/42/274i–4.md?p=2) through which an individual or family of the individual made an [organ](/usc/42/274i–4.md?p=1) donation, to submit to such entity documentation supporting the eligibility of the individual or the family, respectively, to receive a medal;
  - (2) determine through the documentation provided and, if necessary, independent investigation whether the individual or family, respectively, is eligible to receive such a medal; and
  - (3) arrange for the presentation to the relevant [organ procurement organization](/usc/42/274i–4.md?p=2) all medals struck pursuant to [section 274i–2 of this title](/usc/42/274i–2.md) to individuals or families that are determined to be eligible to receive medals.
- (c) **Limitation—**
  - (1) **In general—** Except as provided in [paragraph (2)](#c-2), only 1 medal may be presented to a family under [subsection (b)](#b). Such medal shall be presented to the donating [family member](/usc/42/300gg–91.md?p=d-15), or in the case of a deceased donor, the [family member](/usc/42/300gg–91.md?p=d-15) who signed the consent form authorizing, or who otherwise authorized, the donation of the [organ](/usc/42/274i–4.md?p=1) involved.
  - (2) **Exception—** In the case of a family in which more than 1 member is an [organ](/usc/42/274i–4.md?p=1) donor, a medal may be presented for each such [organ](/usc/42/274i–4.md?p=1) donor.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–413, § 2, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4338.)