La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-2901
A Designated Requestor-an individual who has completed a course offered or approved by the OPO and designed in conjunction with the tissue and eye bank community in the methodology for approaching potential donor families and requesting organ and tissue donation.
Department-the Department of Health and Hospitals.
Hospital-a hospital licensed, accredited, or approved under the laws of any state and includes a hospital operated by the U.S. government, a state, or subdivision thereof, although not required to be licensed under state laws.
Louisiana/Designated Organ Procurement Organization-the organ procurement organization designated by CMS and recognized by the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals of Louisiana under R.S.17:2354.4(J).
Organ Procurement Organization (OPO)-an organization that is designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly Health Care Financing Administration, or its successor, to perform or coordinate the performance of surgical recovery, preservation, and transportation of organs, and that maintains a system for locating perspective recipients for available organ transplantation.
Tissue Bank or Storage Facility-a nonprofit facility licensed or approved under the laws of any state for storage of human bodies or parts thereof for use in transplantation to individuals, medical education, research, or therapy.
La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-2901