Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Policies

OPTN policies are rules that govern operation of all member transplant hospitals, organ procurement organizations (OPOs) and histocompatibility labs in the U.S. Policies are made through a collaborative process involving committees, the board of directors and the public.

All policy sections are contained in one document (PDF - 4 MB).

Policies - Updated 8/15/2019
No.	Policy
1	Administrative Rules and Definitions
2	Deceased Donor Organ Procurement
3	Candidate Registrations, Modifications, and Removals
4	Histocompatibility
5	Organ Offers, Acceptance, and Verification
6	Allocation of Hearts and Heart-Lungs
7	Allocation of Intestines
8	Allocation of Kidneys
9	Allocation of Livers and Liver-Intestines
10	Allocation of Lungs
11	Allocation of Pancreas, Kidney-Pancreas, and Islets
12	Allocation of Vascularized Composite Allografts (VCA)
13	Kidney Paired Donation (KPD)
14	Living Donation
15	Identification of Transmissible Diseases
16	Organ and Vessel Packaging, Labeling, Shipping, and Storage
17	International Organ Transplantation
18	Data Submission Requirements
19	Data Release
20	Travel Expense and Reimbursement

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