The Florida Senate

381.6025  Physician supervision of cadaveric organ and tissue procurement coordinators.--Organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, and eye banks may employ coordinators, who are registered nurses, physician's assistants, or other medically trained personnel who meet the relevant standards for organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, or eye banks as adopted by the Agency for Health Care Administration under s. 381.6021, to assist in the medical management of organ donors or in the surgical procurement of cadaveric organs, tissues, or eyes for transplantation or research. A coordinator who assists in the medical management of organ donors or in the surgical procurement of cadaveric organs, tissues, or eyes for transplantation or research must do so under the direction and supervision of a licensed physician medical director pursuant to rules and guidelines to be adopted by the Agency for Health Care Administration. With the exception of organ procurement surgery, this supervision may be indirect supervision. For purposes of this section, the term "indirect supervision" means that the medical director is responsible for the medical actions of the coordinator, that the coordinator is operating under protocols expressly approved by the medical director, and that the medical director or his or her physician designee is always available, in person or by telephone, to provide medical direction, consultation, and advice in cases of organ, tissue, and eye donation and procurement. Although indirect supervision is authorized under this section, direct physician supervision is to be encouraged when appropriate.

History.--s. 6, ch. 91-271; s. 9, ch. 94-305; s. 1035, ch. 95-148.