Section 158.2. Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Board certified—A physician licensed to practice medicine in this Commonwealth who has successfully passed an examination and has maintained certification in the relevant medical specialty area or subspecialty area, or both, recognized by one of the following groups:

(i) The American Board of Medical Specialties.

(ii) The American Osteopathic Association.

(iii) The foreign equivalent of either group listed in subparagraph (i) or (ii).

Onsite—In the physical structure at which vital organ transplantation services are being offered or in an adjoining structure.

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network—A private nonprofit entity created under 42 U.S.C.A. § 274 to coordinate organ procurement and allocation for transplants in the United States and whose duties include the establishment of membership and medical criteria for institutions that perform vital organ transplants.

Pediatric transplantation program—Describes that program where vital organ transplantation services are provided to all patients under 18 years of age, except for those whose physical development precludes them from being handled as a pediatric patient when receiving transplantations.

Preboard certification status—A physician licensed to practice medicine in this Commonwealth who has completed the requirements necessary to take a certification examination offered by a medical specialty board recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialities, the American Osteopathic Association, or the foreign equivalent of either group and who has been eligible to take the examination for no longer than 3 years.

Transplantation center—The entire unit of a hospital which is devoted to the provision of vital organ transplantation services. Within a transplantation center, separate programs shall be established for each type of vital organ transplanted.

Transplantation program—The offering of a surgical service which involves the transfer of a vital organ from one individual to another. Each type of organ transplantation constitutes a separate transplantation program.

Notation

Cross References

This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 158.31 (relating to kidney transplantation program); 28 Pa. Code § 158.32 (relating to heart transplantation program); 28 Pa. Code § 158.33 (relating to liver transplantation program); 28 Pa. Code § 158.35 (relating to pancreas transplantation programs); and 28 Pa. Code § 158.37 (relating to pediatric transplantation programs).