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Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Membership and Personnel Requirements for Intestine Transplant Programs

Proposal Overview

Status: Implemented

Sponsoring Committee: Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee

Strategic Goal 4: Promote living donor and transplant recipient safety

Effective 11/20/2018

Policy notice (7/2015) 

The proposed bylaw will define a designated intestine transplant program and establish minimum qualifications for primary intestine transplant surgeons and physicians. The proposal includes a full pathway and a conditional approval pathway to obtain the requisite experience to serve as a primary surgeon or primary physician. The intent is to set minimum standards where none currently exist, without compromising quality or restricting new program formation.

Read the full proposal (PDF - 291 KB)

The comment period for this proposal is now closed.