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Living Donor Committee. Fall 2012 Public Comment Cycle. New Policies for Living Kidney Donor Informed Consent, Medical Evaluation, and Follow-Up. Approved by the OPTN/UNOS Board during its November 2012 meeting Policy notice outlining the new requirements will be distributed in mid-December
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Living Donor Committee Fall 2012 Public Comment Cycle
New Policies for Living Kidney Donor Informed Consent, Medical Evaluation, and Follow-Up • Approved by the OPTN/UNOS Board during its November 2012 meeting • Policy notice outlining the new requirements will be distributed in mid-December • OPTN website will be updated to reflect new policies in mid- December • Policies take effect on February 1, 2013
New Policies for Living Kidney Donor Informed Consent, Medical Evaluation, and Follow-Up • New requirements for living donor follow-up only apply to living kidney donors who donate after February 1, 2013 and will initially require: • Donor Status and Clinical Information for 60% of living kidney donors • Laboratory Data for 50% of living kidney donors
New Policies for Living Kidney Donor Informed Consent, Medical Evaluation, and Follow-Up • UNOS will provide a webcast to introduce these new policy requirements on January 15, 2013 • Checklists addressing all required elements of the consent and medical evaluation policies have been developed and will be available for voluntary use by centers • Interviewing centers with successful donor follow-up to update the best practices resource available on the OPTN website
Living Donation Policy in Development • Spring 2013 Public Comment • Independent Donor Advocate Policy Proposal • IDA may be an individual or IDA team • Role of the IDA • Requirements for the IDA • Qualifications of the IDA • Policy proposals for the consent, medical evaluation and follow-up of living liver donors
Questions? • Christie Thomas, Chair christie-thomas@uiowa.edu • Sandra Taler, Vice Chair staler@mayo.edu • Lee Bolton, Liaison Lee.Bolton@unos.org