[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR482.74]

[Page 533-534]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 482_CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION FOR HOSPITALS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart E_Requirements for Specialty Hospitals
 
Sec.  482.74  Condition of participation: Notification to CMS.

    (a) A transplant center must notify CMS immediately of any 
significant changes related to the center's transplant program or 
changes that could affect its compliance with the conditions of 
participation. Instances in which CMS should receive information for 
follow up, as appropriate, include, but are not limited to:
    (1) Change in key staff members of the transplant team, such as a 
change in the individual the transplant center designated to the OPTN as 
the center's ``primary transplant surgeon'' or ``primary transplant 
physician;'
    (2) A decrease in the center's number of transplants or survival 
rates that could result in the center being out of compliance with Sec.  
482.82;
    (3) Termination of an agreement between the hospital in which the 
transplant center is located and an OPO for the recovery and receipt of 
organs as required by section 482.100; and
    (4) Inactivation of the transplant center.

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    (b) Upon receiving notification of significant changes, CMS will 
follow up with the transplant center as appropriate, including (but not 
limited to):
    (1) Requesting additional information;
    (2) Analyzing the information; or
    (3) Conducting an on-site review.