Membership & Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) Spring 2014

Recent Public Comment Proposals  Proposed Patient Notification of Functional Inactivity Due to Lack of Transplant Activity  March 2014 – MPSC review of public comment & responses  Post public comment amendment  Board Review – June 2014  Implementation Date – September 1, 2014, if approved

Recent Public Comment Proposals  Proposal to Revise the Current Method for Flagging for Transplant Program Post-transplant Performance Reviews  March 2014 – MPSC review of public comment & responses  Board Review – June 2014  Implementation Date – January 1, 2015, if approved

 Review of bylaw requirements/qualifications for primary surgeons and physicians  Procurement requirements  Defining “foreign equivalency”  Defining “working knowledge” and “currency”  Revisit the definition of a member transplant hospital  Codified vs operational understanding  Identifying impacts if kept as is or if revised Ongoing Committee Initiatives

 OPTN Quality Assurance and Process Improvement (QAPI) requirement  Language approved March 2014  Fall 2014 public comment New Committee Initiatives

 Carl Berg, MD Committee Chair  Name Region # Representative  Sally Aungier Committee Liaison Questions?