SUPPLEMENTARY CRITERIA
§ 158.31. Kidney transplantation program.
(a) The general standards in § § 158.1—158.19 apply to kidney transplantation programs. Additionally, the criteria contained in this section apply only to kidney transplantation programs.
(b) A kidney transplantation program shall have overall plans and resources to assure a reasonable concentration of experience.
(c) A kidney transplantation program shall participate in and be certified by the Federal ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease) (Medicare) program and as an ESRD center.
(d) A hospital which has a kidney transplantation program shall have a Division of Urology comprised of at least one urologist who is either certified by or who has attained preboard certification status with the American Board of Urology or an equivalent Board. The urologist shall be available to act as a consultant when appropriate for the preoperative, operative and postoperative surgical evaluation and management of transplant patients and living donors.
(e) In addition to dialysis facilities for acute hemodialysis, a kidney transplantation program shall be capable of providing peritoneal dialysis.
Cross References This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 158.37 (relating to pediatric transplantation programs).
No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit.
This material has been drawn directly from the official Pennsylvania Code full text database. Due to the limitations of HTML or differences in display capabilities of different browsers, this version may differ slightly from the official printed version.
