42 U.S.C. § 273
Organ procurement organizations
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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A qualified organ procurement organization for which grants may be made under subsection (a) is an organization which, as determined by the Secretary, will carry out the functions described in paragraph (2) 11 See References in Text note below. and—
notwithstanding any other provision of law, has met the other requirements of this section and has been certified or recertified by the Secretary within the previous 4-year period as meeting the performance standards to be a qualified organ procurement organization through a process that either—
granted certification or recertification within such 4-year period with such certification or recertification in effect as of January 1, 2000, and remaining in effect through the earlier of—
is defined through regulations that are promulgated by the Secretary by not later than January 1, 2002, that—
has a board of directors or an advisory board which—
is composed of—
An organ procurement organization shall—
Pancreata procured by an organ procurement organization and used for islet cell transplantation or research shall be counted for purposes of certification or recertification under subsection (b).
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- National Organ Transplant ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Health Omnibus Extension of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Transplant Amendments Act of 1990House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Public Health Improvement ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001
- Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement ActHouse: 414–2Senate: no recorded tally
- Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplantation Act of 2004House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- HIV Organ Policy Equity ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally