The Department of Health today launched enhanced features of the Centralised Organ Donation Register (CODR) system to make it easier for the public to register as organ donors.

Other than those using the “iAM Smart” mobile app, under the enhanced arrangements, people applying to register in the CODR by post, by fax or online need to provide the date of issue of their Hong Kong identity (HKID) cards in the application form for speedier automatic checking, instead of having to wait for their identities to be verified via phone calls or emails as in the previous arrangements.

For those who apply in person or online using the auto form-filling function of "iAM Smart", identity verification will be completed during the application process. The enhanced system enables them to be informed of the application results at the same time an application to register in the CODR is submitted.

The "iAM Smart" application launched the CODR service in May to enable people to check their registration status in the CODR in a convenient way.

The corresponding function is also incorporated into the enhanced CODR website. "iAM Smart" users can check their registration status with a few clicks on that website using this newly added feature.

After a successful registration, a person's wish for organ donation will be recorded in the CODR, thereby avoiding the need for them to carry the organ donation card. Members of the public who had previously signed organ donation cards are urged to register in the CODR.

Meanwhile, the department noted that more than 5,000 applications to register in the CODR were recorded each in May and June, marking a record high in recent years, and the figures have more than doubled the monthly average numbers before the COVID-19 epidemic in 2019.

The Government values every registration and respects individual autonomy in decision making, and will step up efforts to further promote organ donation, it added.

Visit the thematic website or the "Organ Donation at HK" Facebook page for more information on organ donation.