Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§274f–3 Studies Relating to Organ Donation and the Recovery, Preservation, and Transportation of Organs

Title 42 › Chapter 6A— PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter II— GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES › Part H— Organ Transplants › § 274f–3

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must have the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality create scientific studies to help increase organ donation and to make organ recovery, storage, and transport better. That work must test whether changes or new technologies make donation work better, review scientific studies so medical groups keep their guidelines up to date, make the evidence easy for organ recovery staff to use, and work with professional groups and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to develop and spread proven practices. The law also funds work to build a common clinical vocabulary for organ recovery, use information technology to support organ procurement groups, train staff in quality improvement, and evaluate specific recovery, preservation, and transport technologies. It authorized $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and such sums as needed for fiscal years 2006 through 2009.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §274f–3

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(a)The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, shall develop scientific evidence in support of efforts to increase organ donation and improve the recovery, preservation, and transportation of organs.

(b)In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall—

(1)conduct or support evaluation research to determine whether interventions, technologies, or other activities improve the effectiveness, efficiency, or quality of existing organ donation practice;

(2)undertake or support periodic reviews of the scientific literature to assist efforts of professional societies to ensure that the clinical practice guidelines that they develop reflect the latest scientific findings;

(3)ensure that scientific evidence of the research and other activities undertaken under this section is readily accessible by the organ procurement workforce; and

(4)work in coordination with the appropriate professional societies as well as the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and other organ procurement and transplantation organizations to develop evidence and promote the adoption of such proven practices.

(c)The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, as appropriate, shall provide support for research and dissemination of findings, to—

(1)develop a uniform clinical vocabulary for organ recovery;

(2)apply information technology and telecommunications to support the clinical operations of organ procurement organizations;

(3)enhance the skill levels of the organ procurement workforce in undertaking quality improvement activities; and

(4)assess specific organ recovery, preservation, and transportation technologies.

(d)For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009.

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42 U.S.C. § 274f–3

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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