- Reinstate Policy 1.4.F: Updates to Candidate Data During 2020 COVID-19 Emergency Mini Brief, Policy Notice Effective Date: 01/11/2022; Expiration Date: 04/11/2022
- Repeal Policy 1.4.F: Updates to Candidate Data during 2020 COVID-19 Emergency Mini Brief, Policy Notice Effective Date: 07/27/2021
- Lower Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 Testing for Lung Donors Policy Notice | Proposal Effective Date: 05/27/2021
- March, 2020 Policy Notice
- April, 2020 Policy Notice
- Summer, 2020 Public Comment Proposal
- Board Briefing Paper
- December 2020, Policy Notice
- March 2021, Executive Committee Memo
- March 1, 2021, Executive Committee Action, Conclude Relaxation of Data Submission Requirements for Follow Up Forms Effective Date: 4/1/2021
Implemented
- 1.2: Definitions
- 1.4.F: Updates to Candidate Data during 2020 COVID-19 Emergency (Repealed as of 07/27/2021; Reinstated as of 1/11/2022; Expired 4/11/2022)
- 2.9: Required Deceased Donor Infectious Disease Testing
- 2.11: Required Deceased Donor Information
- 3.7.D: Applications for Modification of Kidney Waiting Time during 2020 COVID-19 Emergency
- 18.1: Data Submission Requirements
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18.1.A: Retrospective Data Collection during COVID-19 Emergency
- 18.2: Timely Collection of Data
- 18.5.A: Reporting Requirements after Living Kidney Donation
- 18.5.B: Reporting Requirements after Living Liver Donation
The table below shows Implemented policy notices with detailed Item name, board action date, and effective implementation date
Item | Action | Effective date |
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Implemented policy items in 2022 | ||
Enhance Transplant Program Performance Monitoring System | 12/2021 Board Action | Cohorts for pre- transplant metrics begin 1/1/2022 |
06/2021 Board action | 02/10/2022 | |
Guidance for Data Collection Regarding Classification of Citizenship Status | 12/2021 Board Action | 02/01/2022 |
Ethical Considerations of Continuous Distribution in Organ Allocation | 12/2021 Board Action | 02/01/2022 |
Review of National Liver Review Board (NLRB) Diagnoses and Update to Alcohol Associated Diagnoses
|
12/2021 Board Action | 02/01/2022 |
Implemented policy items in 2021 | ||
Extending Hawaii Puerto Rico Closed Blood Type Variance | 12/2020 Board action |
12/6/2021 |
Extend HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act Variance | 12/2020 Board action |
12/6/2021 |
Lower Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 Testing for Lung Donors |
4/26/2021 Executive Committee Action; 12/2021 Board action |
5/27/2021 |
Update to Refusal Codes | 6/2021 Board action | 12/2/2021 |
Further Enhancements to the NLRB
|
12/2020 Board action | 10/07/2021 |
Updating National Liver Review Board Guidance and Policy Clarification
|
06/2021 Board action |
10/07/2021 |
07/2021 Executive Committee Action |
09/30/2021 |
|
12/2020 Board action |
09/30/2021 |
|
Require Notification of Critical Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Typing Changes |
06/2021 Board action |
09/01/2021 |
06/2021 Board action |
09/01/2021 |
|
Updating National Liver Review Board Guidance and Policy Clarification
|
06/2021 Board action |
07/15/2021 |
Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Equivalency Tables Update 2020 |
06/2020 Board action |
06/17/2021 |
06/2020 Board action |
06/15/2021 |
|
Clarification of Policies and Bylaws Specific to Vascularized Composite Allografts |
06/2021 Board action |
06/14/2021 |
Combined Policy Notice for VCA Membership Requirements (2020)
VCA - List Covered Body Parts - 1 of 2
Align VCA program membership requirements with other programs
|
06/2015, 06/2016, 06/2018 Board action |
06/14/2021 |
Align OPTN Policy with US PHS Guideline 2020
|
12/2020 Board action |
06/01/2021 |
12/2019 Board action | 03/25/2021 | |
12/2019 Board action | 03/15/2021 | |
12/2019 Board action | 03/15/2021 | |
Addressing Medically Urgent Candidates in New Kidney Allocation Policy |
06/2020 Board action | 03/15/2021 |
06/2020 Board action | 03/15/2021 | |
06/2020 Board action | 03/15/2021 | |
Guidance and Policy Addressing Adult Heart Allocation
|
12/2020 Board action | 02/09/2021, 03/04/2021 |
Align OPTN Policy with US PHS Guideline 2020
|
12/2020 Board action | 03/2021 |
12/2020 Board action | 02/09/2021 | |
Further Enhancements to the National Liver Review Board
|
12/2020 Board action | 02/09/2021 |
Implemented policy items in 2020 | ||
Establish Pediatric Training and Experience | 12/2015 Board actions | 12/07/2020 |
Revise Pediatric Emergency Membership Exception Pathway | 12/2017 Board action | 12/07/2020 |
Incorporating COVID-19 Related Organ Failure In Candidate Listings | 10/2020 Board action | 10/28/2020 |
Enhancements to the National Liver Review Board
|
06/2020 Board action | 08/04/2020, 09/10/2020 |
Guidance and Policy Modifications Addressing Blood Type Determination
|
06/2020 Board action | 06/08/2020,09/01/2020 |
Modify the Conflicts of Interests Bylaws | 06/2020 Board action | 07/01/2020 |
Creation of OPTN Heart and Lung Committees | 03/2020 Board action | 07/01/2020 |
Modify Lung TRF to Improve Post Transplant Lung Function Data | 06/2018 Board action | 06/30/2020 |
Eliminate the Use of Regions in VCA Distribution | 06/2019 Board action | 06/18/2020 |
Modify HOPE Act Variance to Include Other Organs | 06/2019 Board action | 05/21/2020 |
COVID-19 Emergency Policy Package | 04/2020 Executive Committee action | 04/03/2020 |
Clarifications on Reporting Maintenance Dialysis | 06/2019 Board action | 04/01/2020 |
Updates to Candidate Data During 2020 COVID-19 Emergency | 03/2020 Executive Committee action | 03/17/2020 |
Variances Removal Policy Notice | 12/2019 Board action | 03/01/2020 |
Clarification of Pre-Existing Liver Disease | 12/2019 Board action | 03/01/2020 |
Addressing HLA Typing Errors | 12/2018 Board action | 02/27/2020 |
Access for Urgent Liver Candidates in Hawaii & Puerto Rico | 01/2020 Executive Committee action | 02/18/2020 |
Liver and Intestine Distribution Using Distance from Donor Hospital | 12/2018 Board action | 02/04/2020 |
Reduce Reporting Burdens and Clarify Policies on Extra Vessels
|
06/2018 Board action | 01/29/2020 |
Update Transplant Hospital Definition | 12/2016 Board action | 01/13/2020 |
Eliminate the Use of DSAs in Thoracic Organ Distribution | 06/2019 Board action | 01/09/2020 |
Implemented policy items in 2019 | ||
Adding DR Antigens and Equivalences | 12/2019 Board Action | 12/04/2019 |
Hope Act Policy and Mini Brief | 12/2019 Board action | 12/03/2019 |
Modify Appointment Process for the Histocompatibility Vice Chair | 12/2019 Board Action | 12/03/2019 |
Aligning Units of Distribution in Closed Variance for Split Liver Transplantation | 12/2019 Board Action | 12/03/2019 |
Split Liver Variance | 06/2019 Board action | 12/03/2019 |
Revising Priority Points in Kidney Paired Donation Program | 12/2015 Board action; 10/2019 Executive Committee action |
10/24/2019 |
Improving Dual Kidney Allocation | 12/2017 Board action | 9/2019 |
Improving en Bloc Kidney Allocation | 12/2017 Board action | 9/2019 |
Changes to Waiting Time Criteria for Kidney-Pancreas Candidates | 06/2018 Board action | 7/11/2019 |
Guidance on Effective Practices in Organ Distribution | 06/2019 Board action | 6/10/2019 |
Ethical Implications of Multi-Organ Transplants White Paper | 06/2019 Board action | 6/10/2019 |
Revised National Liver Review Board Policies | 12/2018 Board action | 5/14/2019 |
National Liver Review Board | 06/2017 Board action | 5/14/2019 |
Histocompatibility Bylaws Rewrite: General Supervisor | 06/2015 Board action | 3/1/2018 |
Pancreas Program Functional Inactivity | 12/2018 Board action | 4/8/2019 |
Addressing HLA Typing Errors
|
12/2018 Board action | 3/1/2019 |
Amend CPRA Calculator | 01/2019 Executive Committee action | 1/17/2019 |
Implemented policy items in 2018 | ||
Change to Hospital-Based OPO Voting Privileges | 12/2018 Board action | 12/4/2018 |
Frameworks for Organ Distribution | 12/2018 Board action | 12/4/2018 |
Pediatric Transition and Transfer Guidance | 12/2018 Board action | 12/3/2018 |
Intestine Membership Bylaws Requirements | 06/2015 Board action | 11/20/2018 |
Modify Adult Heart Allocation | 12/2016 Board action | 10/18/2018 |
Clarification of Adult Heart Allocation | 08/2017 Executive Committee action | 10/18/2018 |
Review Board Guidance on HCM and RCM Exceptions | 06/2018 Board action | 10/18/2018 |
Modifications to the Distribution of Deceased Donor Lungs | 06/2018 Board action | 10/18/2018 (Policy 6.6.F) 06/12/2018 (Policies 1.2, 10.2.A, 10.4) |
Clarify Informed Consent Policies for Transmittable Diseases | 06/2018 Board action | 09/01/2018 |
Reduce Reporting Burdens and Clarify Policies on Extra Vessels | 06/2018 Board action | 09/01/2018 (except table 16.1) |
VCA - List Covered Body Parts (2 0f 2)
|
06/2016 Board action | 09/01/2018 |
Improving the Efficiency of Organ Allocation | 12/2017 Board action | 03/01/2018 (Policies 2.2, 2.11 and 2.12) 05/02/2018 (Policies 1.2 and 5.6.B) 06/12/2018 (Policies 2.11.A and 2.11.D) 06/13/2018 (Policy 5.6.C) |
Revising OPTN Bylaws Appendix L | 06/2018 Board action | 06/12/2018 |
Retrospective Review of Clerical Policy Changes | 06/2018 Executive Committee action | 06/12/2018 |
Approved Transplant Fellowship Training Programs Bylaws | 12/2017 Board action | 03/01/2018 |
Definition of Pancreas Graft Failure | 06/2015 Board action | 2/28/2018 |
Modification to HCC Extension Criteria | 2/5/2018 | |
Implemented policy items in 2017 | ||
HCC Auto Approval Criteria Changes | 12/2016 Board action 12/2017 Executive Committee action |
12/12/2017 |
Lung Allocation Policy Modification | 11/2017 Executive Committee action | 11/24/2017 |
Standardize Organ Coding and Tracking System | 2/2017 Executive Committee action | 11/01/2017 |
Improve the Categorization of Living Donor Events | 9/2017 executive committee action | 10/18/2017 |
Add DQA-1 Equivalences Table | 6/2016 Board action 6/2017 Executive Committee action |
09/12/2017 |
Update HLA Equivalency Tables | 12/2015 Board action 4/2017 Executive Committee action |
09/12/2017 |
Personnel Procurement Requirements | 12/2015 Board action | 09/01/2017 |
Foreign Equivalent in Bylaws | 12/2015 Board action | 09/01/2017 |
Bylaws Rewrite | 06/2017 Board action | 09/01/2017 |
Primary Kidney Transplant Physician Update | 12/2016 Board action | 09/01/2017 |
Clarification to Apply Kidney Minimum Acceptance Criteria to Highly Sensitized Candidates | 07/2017 Executive Committee action | 09/01/2017 |
Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Allocation | 06/2016 Board action | 08/10/2017 |
Kidney: KAS Clarifications (part) | 06/2016 Board action | 06/29/2017 |
Retrospective Review of Clerical Changes to Policies | 06/2017 Executive committee action | 06/29/2017 |
Informed Consent Changes - Potential Living Donors | 12/2016 Board action | 06/01/2017 |
Improving Post-Transplant Communication (part) | 06/2016 Board action; Required toxoplasmosis testing of all donors | 04/06/2017 |
Pediatric Lung Allocation Changes | 12/2015 Board action | 03/30/2017 |
All Other KPD Guidelines to Policy (part) | 06/2015 Board action | 03/30/2017 |
Post-Implementation ABO Policy Changes | 12/2016 Board action | 03/01/2017 |
Primary Transplant Surgeon Changes | 12/2016 Board action | 03/01/2017 |
Primary Transplant Physician Subspecialty Changes | 12/2016 Board action | 03/01/2017 |
Remove Donor Location from Required Procurement Log | 12/2016 Board action | 03/01/2017 |
Changes to Imminent and Eligible Definitions | 12/2016 Board action | 01/01/2017 |
Implemented policy items in 2016 | ||
Retrospective Review of Clerical Changes to Policies | 12/2016 Executive committee action | 11/10/2016 |
Registration Fee | 06/2016 Board action | 10/01/2016 |
DTAC Policy Clarification | 06/2016 Executive Committee action | 09/01/2016 |
OSC Policy Clarification | 08/2016 Executive Committee action | 09/01/2016 |
HOPE Act | 06/2016 Board action | 09/01/2016 |
Improving Post-Transplant Communication (part) | 06/2016 Board action | 09/01/2016 |
Kidney: KAS Clarifications (part) | 06/2016 Board action | 09/01/2016 |
Regional Councillor Vacancy | 06/2016 Board action | 09/01/2017 |
Living Donor Candidate Registration | 04/2016 Executive Committee action | 04/14/2016 |
Retrospective Review of Clerical Changes to Policies | 12/2016 Executive committee action | 4/14/2016 |
Implemented policy items in 2015 | ||
KPD Informed Consent | 06/2015 Board action | 12/01/2015 |