[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR121.2]

[Page 649-650]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 121_ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK--
Table of Contents
 
Sec. 121.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part--
    Act means the Public Health Service Act, as amended.
    Designated transplant program means a transplant program that has 
been found to meet the requirements of Sec. 121.9.
    Family member means a family member of a transplant candidate, 
transplant recipient, or organ donor.
    OPTN computer match program means a set of computer-based 
instructions which compares data on a cadaveric organ donor with data on 
transplant candidates on the waiting list and ranks the candidates 
according to OPTN policies to determine the priority for allocating the 
donor organ(s).
    Organ means a human kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, or 
intestine (including the esophagus, stomach, small and/or large 
intestine, or any portion of the gastrointestinal tract). Blood vessels 
recovered from an organ donor during the recovery of such organ(s) are 
considered part of an organ with which they are procured for purposes of 
this part if the vessels are intended for use in organ transplantation 
and labeled ``For use in organ transplantation only.''
    Organ donor means a human being who is the source of an organ for 
transplantation into another human being.
    Organ procurement organization or OPO means an entity so designated 
by the Secretary under section 1138(b) of the Social Security Act.
    Organ procurement and transplantation network or OPTN means the 
network established pursuant to section 372 of the Act.
    Potential transplant recipient or potential recipient means a 
transplant candidate who has been ranked by the OPTN computer match 
program as the person to whom an organ from a specific cadaveric organ 
donor is to be offered.
    Scientific Registry means the registry of information on transplant 
recipients established pursuant to section 373 of the Act.

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    Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services and any 
official of the Department of Health and Human Services to whom the 
authority involved has been delegated.
    Transplant candidate means an individual who has been identified as 
medically suited to benefit from an organ transplant and has been placed 
on the waiting list by the individual's transplant program.
    Transplant hospital means a hospital in which organ transplants are 
performed.
    Transplant physician means a physician who provides non-surgical 
care and treatment to transplant patients before and after transplant.
    Transplant program means a component within a transplant hospital 
which provides transplantation of a particular type of organ.
    Transplant recipient means a person who has received an organ 
transplant.
    Transplant surgeon means a physician who provides surgical care and 
treatment to transplant recipients.
    Waiting list means the OPTN computer-based list of transplant 
candidates.

[63 FR 16332, Apr. 2, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 56658, Oct. 20, 1999; 72 
FR 10619, Mar. 9, 2007; 72 FR 10925, Mar. 12, 2007]