N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52-6.55

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 10:52-6.55 - Organ Acquisition (ORG)

(a) The functions included in the Organ Acquisition (ORG) cost center are as follows:

1. These centers acquire, store, and preserve human organs for their eventual transplantation to patients of the hospital. All direct costs incurred by the Laboratory, Operating and Recovery Rooms and other hospital departments in acquiring organs shall be transferred to the Organ Acquisition Center. The costs and revenues (or value of credits) of acquiring organs for a pool or for transportation to a patient of another hospital shall be reported as an organ donation reconciliation.

2. Functions shall include the following: Conducting sterile autopsies to obtain organs; purchasing of organs from a central pool; harvesting; and preservation of organs.

(b) Units of Service: Transplants.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:52-6.55

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.57 and amended by R.2000 d.29, effective 1/18/2000.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 3151(a), 32 New Jersey Register 276(a).
In (a), substituted "included in the Organ Acquisition (ORG) cost center" for "of the Organ Acquisition (ORG)" in the introductory paragraph, and deleted "all kidneys and other" following "preserve" in the first sentence of 1. Former N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.55, Occupational and Recreational Therapy (OCC), recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:52-6.53.