N.J. Admin. Code § 8:33Q-1.3

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

Section 8:33Q-1.3 - Performance standards

(a) The applicant for a kidney, heart, liver or pancreas transplant service shall have an institutional plan with the capability and commitment to perform the following minimum transplant procedures annually by the end of the second full year of operation:

1. Kidney: a minimum of 25 procedures;

2. Heart: a minimum of 12 procedures;

3. Liver: a minimum of 15 procedures; and

4. Pancreas: a minimum of 15 procedures.

(b) Each institutional plan for a transplantation service must contain at a minimum:

1. The basis for projecting the performance rate to be achieved by the end of the second year of operation that is considered reasonable by the Department of Health and Senior Services, which shall include, but not be limited to, the availability of donor organs and patient needs;

2. The number of transplants performed during the previous 12 months at similar centers in the local region of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; and

3. Impact statements on the quality, cost, access and organization of existing transplantation services of the type being applied for in the local region of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, describing anticipated effects of the proposed service on such existing programs.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:33Q-1.3