Organ & Tissue Procurement and Transplantation Advisory Board

Section 765.543, Florida Statutes

Organ and Tissue Procurement and Transplantation Advisory Board; creation; duties.—

(1) There is hereby created the Organ and Tissue Procurement and Transplantation Advisory Board, which shall consist of 14 members who are appointed by and report directly to the Secretary of Health Care Administration. The membership must be regionally distributed and must include:

(a) Two representatives who have expertise in vascular organ transplant surgery;

(b) Two representatives who have expertise in vascular organ procurement, preservation, and distribution;

(c) Two representatives who have expertise in musculoskeletal tissue transplant surgery;

(d) Two representatives who have expertise in musculoskeletal tissue procurement, processing, and distribution;

(e) A representative who has expertise in eye and cornea transplant surgery;

(f) A representative who has expertise in eye and cornea procurement, processing, and distribution;

(g) A representative who has expertise in bone marrow procurement, processing, and transplantation;

(h) A representative from the Florida Pediatric Society;

(i) A representative from the Florida Society of Pathologists; and

(j) A representative from the Florida Medical Examiners Commission.

(2) The advisory board members may not be compensated for their services except that they may be reimbursed for their travel expenses as provided by law. Members of the board shall be appointed for 3-year terms of office.

(3) The board shall:

(a) Assist the agency in the development of necessary professional qualifications, including, but not limited to, the education, training, and performance of persons engaged in the various facets of organ and tissue procurement, processing, preservation, and distribution for transplantation;

(b) Assist the agency in monitoring the appropriate and legitimate expenses associated with organ and tissue procurement, processing, and distribution for transplantation and developing methodologies to assure the uniform statewide reporting of data to facilitate the accurate and timely evaluation of the organ and tissue procurement and transplantation system;

(c) Provide assistance to the Florida Medical Examiners Commission in the development of appropriate procedures and protocols to ensure the continued improvement in the approval and release of potential donors by the district medical examiners and associate medical examiners;

(d) Develop with and recommend to the agency the necessary procedures and protocols required to assure that all residents of this state have reasonable access to available organ and tissue transplantation therapy and that residents of this state can be reasonably assured that the statewide procurement transplantation system is able to fulfill their organ and tissue requirements within the limits of the available supply and according to the severity of their medical condition and need; and

(e) Develop with and recommend to the agency any changes to the laws of this state or administrative rules or procedures to ensure that the statewide organ and tissue procurement and transplantation system is able to function smoothly, effectively, and efficiently, in accordance with the Federal Anatomical Gift Act and in a manner that assures the residents of this state that no person or entity profits from the altruistic voluntary donation of organs or tissues.

History.—ss. 4, 9, ch. 91-271; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 7, ch. 94-305; s. 7, ch. 2000-305; s. 33, ch. 2003-1; s. 15, ch. 2009-218.

 

Board Meetings

All meetings are open to the public and recorded.

June 8, 2012 MEETING:

Agenda: (will be uploaded before June 2, 2012)
Location: Conference Call. Dial In Number: (888)808-6959 Code: 8509227761
Time: 1:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Public Announcement: May 11, 2012 edition of the Florida Administrative Weekly
Issue: 38/19 Notice of Meeting

Meeting Materials: (will be uploaded as soon as available before the meeting)

 

December 16, 2011 MEETING:

Agenda: December 16, 2011
Location: Conference Call. Dial In Number: (888)808-6959 Code: 8509227761
Time: 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Public Announcement: December 2, 2011 edition of the Florida Administrative Weekly. Download Notice

Meeting Materials:

Draft December 16, 2011 Meeting Minutes

September 23, 2011 MEETING:

Agenda: September 23, 2011
Location: Hurston Complex, South Tower, Conference Rooms "A-C", 400 West Robinson Street, Orlando
Time: 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Public Announcement: September 2, 2011 edition of the Florida Administrative Weekly. Download Notice

Meeting Materials:Adobe Acrobat files in a PDF format are available. Please note, links within the presentation will not work. However each linked file is provided in order of presentation below:

September 23, 2011 Meeting Minutes

Anyone interested in being alerted via e-mail of Board meetings or activities, please contact Dayle Mooney, Program Administrator at: Dayle.Mooney@ahca.myflorida.com or 850.412.4500.

All meetings are conducted in the Sunshine: Florida Sunshine Law


Board Members

Michael Angelis, M.D., F.A.C.S. Vice Chairman representing vascular organ transplant surgery
Beth Fetter representing vascular organ procurement, preservation, and distribution
Susan S. Ganz, M.D. representing vascular organ procurement, preservation, and distribution
Caroline A. Hartill representing musculoskeletal tissue procurement, processing and distribution
Joseph A. Hegleh, M.D., F.A.C.S., Chairman representing eye and cornea transplant surgery
Leslie Lang, C.T.B.S. representing musculoskeletal tissue procurement, processing and distribution
David M. Levi, M.D. F.A.C.S. representing vascular organ transplant surgery
Janice B. McCall, M.D. F.C.A.P.representing Florida Society of Pathologists
Stephen J. Nelson, M.D. F.C.A.P. representing Florida Medical Examiners Commission
Vijay Reddy, M.D., Ph.D. representing bone marrow procurement, processing and transplantation
Pamela M. Schuler, M.D. representing Florida Pediatric Society
H. Thomas Temple, M.D. representing musculoskeletal tissue procurement, processing and distribution
Jason K. Woody, C.E.B.T. representing eye and cornea procurement, processing and distribution
Vacant representative of musculoskeletal tissue transplant surgery

Board members serve a 3-year term. The term for all members listed above is July 25, 2011 through July 24, 2014.

 

E-mail questions about the Board and its activities to:
Dayle Mooney, Program Administrator at Dayle.Mooney@ahca.myflorida.com.



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