[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR486.320]



[Page 649-650]

 

                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 486_CONDITIONS FOR COVERAGE OF SPECIALIZED SERVICES FURNISHED BY 

 

Subpart G_Requirements for Certification and Designation and Conditions 

              for Coverage: Organ Procurement Organizations

 

Sec.  486.320  Condition: Participation in Organ Procurement and 



Transplantation Network.



    After being designated, an OPO must become a member of, participate 

in,



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and abide by the rules and requirements of the OPTN established and 

operated in accordance with section 372 of the Public Health Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 274). The term ``rules and requirements of the OPTN'' means 

those rules and requirements approved by the Secretary. No OPO is 

considered out of compliance with section 1138(b)(1)(D) of the Act or 

this section until the Secretary approves a determination that the OPO 

failed to comply with the rules and requirements of the OPTN. The 

Secretary may impose sanctions under section 1138 only after such non-

compliance has been determined in this manner.