Part IX. Organ Transplant
12VAC5-230-700. Travel time.
A. Organ transplantation services should be accessible within two hours driving time one way under normal conditions of 95% of Virginia's population using mapping software as determined by the commissioner.
B. Providers of organ transplantation services should facilitate access to pre and post transplantation services needed by patients residing in rural locations be establishing part-time satellite clinics.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-710. Need for new service.
A. There should be no more than one program for each transplantable organ in a health planning region.
B. Performance of minimum transplantation volumes as cited in 12VAC5-230-720 does not indicate a need for additional transplantation capacity or programs.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-720. Transplant volumes; survival rates; service proficiency; systems operations.
A. Proposals to establish organ transplantation services should demonstrate that the minimum number of transplants would be performed annually. The minimum number transplants of required by organ system is:
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| Kidney | 30 |
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| Pancreas or kidney/pancreas | 12 |
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| Heart | 17 |
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| Heart/Lung | 12 |
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| Lung | 12 |
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| Liver | 21 |
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| Intestine | 2 |
Note: Any proposed pancreas transplant program must be a part of a kidney transplant program that has achieved a minimum volume standard of 30 cases per year for kidney transplants as well as the minimum transplant survival rates stated in subsection B of this section.
B. Applicants shall demonstrate that they will achieve and maintain at least the minimum transplant patient survival rates. Minimum one-year survival rates listed by organ system are:
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| Kidney | 95% |
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| Pancreas or kidney/pancreas | 90% |
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| Heart | 85% |
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| Heart/Lung | 70% |
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| Lung | 77% |
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| Liver | 86% |
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| Intestine | 77% |
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-730. Expansion of transplant services.
A. Proposals to expand organ transplantation services shall demonstrate at least two years successful experience with all existing organ transplantation systems at the hospital.
B. Preference may be given to a project expanding the number of organ systems being transplanted at a successful existing service rather than developing new programs that could reduce existing program volumes.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-740. Staffing.
Organ transplant services should be under the direct supervision of one or more qualified physicians.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.