The OPTN just completed a major initiative to rewrite the OPTN policies in plain language and to organize them logically.

The public comment period for OPTN policies closed August 31, 2012. Thank you to those who submitted feedback. The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors will consider the rewritten policies at an upcoming meeting.

One major organizational change: all policy sections will be contained in one document with a table of contents and index for easy navigation to individual sections, and a crosswalk section to explain the changes. Read about more features and benefits.

The table below allows you to link to the current policy that most closely corresponds to the proposed policy.

If you have questions, please contact us at publiccomment@unos.org.

Proposed Policy	Current Policy
1: Administrative Rules and Definitions	Policy 3.1 and 3.4
2: Organ Procurement	Policy 2
3: Candidate Registrations, Modifications, and Removals	Policy 3.2 and 11
4: Histocompatibility	Appendix 3A and 3D
5: Organ Offer and Acceptance	Policy 3.3
6: Multi-Organ Allocation	Policy 3.9
7: Allocation of Hearts	Policy 3.7
8: Allocation of Intestines	Policy 3.11
9: Allocation of Kidneys	Policy 3.5
10: Allocation of Livers	Policy 3.6
11: Allocation of Lungs	Policy 3.7
12: Allocation of Pancreas and Pancreas Islets	Policy 3.8
13: Reserved	N/A
14: Reserved	N/A
15: Identification of Transmissible Diseases in Organ Recipients	Policy 4
16: Packaging, Labeling, Shipping, and Storage	Policy 5
17: International Organ Transplantation	Policy 6
18: Data Submission Requirements	Policy 7
19: Release of Data	Policy 9
20: Travel Expense and Reimbursement	Policy 8