Section 2800.301  Determination of Established Program

The Board shall consider the following criteria in determining whether to approve a transplantation program:

a)         Whether the teaching hospital or affiliated medical center has a multidisciplinary program;

b)         Whether the transplantation program has a surgeon who has previously performed the procedure for which approval is requested at least six times or a team at the applicant institution which has prior experience with at least six such procedures;

c)         Whether the application contains all the information requested by the rules of this part;

d)         Whether the teaching hospital or affiliated medical center has complied with the provisions of the rules of this Part.