[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: 42CFR482.92]

[Page 537]
 
                         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.  482.92  Condition of participation: Organ recovery and receipt.

    Transplant centers must have written protocols for validation of 
donor-recipient blood type and other vital data for the deceased organ 
recovery, organ receipt, and living donor organ transplantation 
processes. The transplanting surgeon at the transplant center is 
responsible for ensuring the medical suitability of donor organs for 
transplantation into the intended recipient.
    (a) Standard: Organ recovery. When the identity of an intended 
transplant recipient is known and the transplant center sends a team to 
recover the organ(s), the transplant center's recovery team must review 
and compare the donor data with the recipient blood type and other vital 
data before organ recovery takes place.
    (b) Standard: Organ receipt. After an organ arrives at a transplant 
center, prior to transplantation, the transplanting surgeon and another 
licensed health care professional must verify that the donor's blood 
type and other vital data are compatible with transplantation of the 
intended recipient
    (c) Standard: Living donor transplantation. If a center performs 
living donor transplants, the transplanting surgeon and another licensed 
health care professional at the center must verify that the living 
donor's blood type and other vital data are compatible with 
transplantation of the intended recipient immediately before the removal 
of the donor organ(s) and, if applicable, prior to the removal of the 
recipient's organ(s).