Florida Administrative Code › 59 - AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION › 59A - Health Facility and Agency Licensing › Chapter 59A-3 - HOSPITAL LICENSURE › Section 59A-3.274 - Anatomical Gifts, Routine Inquiry

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Each Class I and Class II hospital shall establish a mechanism whereby the next
				of kin of all patients who are deemed medically acceptable and who die in
				Florida hospitals are given the opportunity to consider the donation of organs,
				tissues and eyes for transplantation and research.
(2) Education and Training of Designee. The
				hospital administrator or designee making the request of the next of kin for
				organ, tissue and eye donations shall be trained in the request procedures used
				in organ and tissue donation. The Organ Procurement Organization (OPO), tissue
				bank and eye bank shall, in conjunction with their affiliated hospitals,
				develop a requester training curriculum that will meet the individual needs of
				each affiliated hospital. The Agency shall assist, if requested, in the
				implementation of the requester training curriculum in conjunction with an OPO,
				tissue bank and eye bank where the OPO, tissue bank and eye bank do not have
				adequate resources for the implementation of the requester training curriculum
				within their affiliated hospitals. This training shall include the following
				minimum basic curriculum:
(a) The criteria
				used by the affiliated OPO, tissue bank, and eye bank for determining the
				acceptability of patients as organ, tissue, or eye donors;
(b) The requirements of Florida law to be met
				in order for a donation to be allowed to proceed including:
1. Explanatory information regarding the
				family's rights to allow or refuse a donation, to donate specific organs,
				tissues or eyes and to designate the organs, tissues or eyes for the purpose of
				transplantation, medical research or instruction, and,
2. The criteria for determining whether a
				particular death falls within the scope of section
				406.11, F.S., necessitating
				close communication with the Medical Examiner's office, and permission from the
				Medical Examiner when required;
(c) Necessary basic information regarding the
				process and procedures related to organ, tissue, and eye donation and
				transplantation including the following:
1.
				The procedures and techniques used in the recovery and preservation of organs,
				tissues and eyes;
2. The success
				rates of currently accepted transplant procedures;
3. The numbers of patients presently awaiting
				these procedures; and,
4. The
				financial procedures and arrangements applicable to the donation of organs,
				tissues and eyes.
(d) The
				various approaches which can be used in dealing with a family in a grief
				situation and offering them the opportunity of organ, tissue, or eye donation.
				These approaches shall be based on the criteria of the affiliated OPO, tissue
				bank, and eye bank, which shall not be inconsistent with these
				guidelines;
(e) Notification of the
				affiliated OPO, tissue bank and eye bank; and,
(f) Training regarding the administrative
				rules and guidelines promulgated by the Agency for the purpose of implementing
				the Routine Inquiry provisions of the Anatomical Gift Act, in accordance with
				section 765.522,
				F.S.