3701-84-18 Facilities.

A provider of a solid organ transplant service shall have available at all times adequate facilities and resources for the transplant service. The following shall be available on-site at all times:

(A) Sufficient operating and recovery room resources;

(B) Intensive care facilities allowing reverse isolation;

(D) Sufficient bed capacity to accommodate at least the minimum volume level specified by rule 3701-84-21 of the Administrative Code for the applicable type of solid organ transplantation;

(E) Clinical laboratory services that include facilities for coagulation monitoring and blood bank resources capable of providing at least twenty units of blood, platelets, and fresh blood products on demand;

(F) Microbiology laboratory experienced in processing the pathogens of opportunistic infection;

(G) Physical therapy services;

(H) Electron microscopy; and

(I) The following on-site services shall be accessible by gurney and available at all times:

(1) Angiography;

(2) Cardiac catheterization;

(3) Diagnostic radioisotope scanning;

(4) Endoscopy;

(5) Nuclear medicine;

(6) Routine diagnostic radiology;

(7) Computed tomography;

(8) Bone marrow biopsy;

(9) Diagnostic ultrasound;

(10) Electroencephalography;

(11) Nerve conduction;

(12) Psychometrics;

(13) Pulmonary function; and

(14) Immunofluorescence.

(J) A provider of a solid organ transplant service shall have access to laboratory facilities for histocompatibility testing that are certified by the “American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics” at all times.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 03/01/2007 and 03/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3702.11, 3702.13

Rule Amplifies: 3702.11, 3702.12, 3702.13, 3702.14, 3702.141, 3702.15, 3702.16, 3702.18, 3702.19, 3702.20

Prior Effective Dates: 3/1/1997, 3/24/03