OPTN Renal Waiting Time Reinstatement Form

OMB No. 0915-0157; Expiration Date: XX/XX/20XX

OPTN Renal Time Reinstatement Form

This form is required to reinstate waiting time without interruption in instances of immediate and permanent non-function of a transplanted kidney. The patient should be relisted on the waiting list and this form must be printed, completed, signed by the transplant physician/surgeon and faxed to UNOS with required supporting documentation of the failed transplant. Policy outlines immediate and permanent non-function of the kidney.

OPTN Renal Waiting Time

CANDIDATE NAME: Enter the candidate’s name.

CANDIDATE SSN: Enter the candidate’s SSN.

TRANSPLANT PROGRAM NAME/CODE: Enter the name/code of the transplant hospital.

DATE OF TRANSPLANT: Enter the date the transplant took place.

Renal waiting time reinstatement requests will not be considered until both of the following are completed by the requesting transplant program:

Patient has been re-listed

A graft failure date, which is within 90 days of transplant, has been reported in TIEDI

Date of graft failure

Please check the option below that meets the requirement for immediate and permanent non-function of a transplanted kidney as required for renal waiting time reinstatement requests, and include the required documentation.

OPTION 1: Kidney graft removal within 90 days of transplantation

Date of kidney graft removal

Required documentation:

Operative report of removal of the transplanted kidney

OPTION 2: Kidney graft failure within 90 days of transplantation followed by non-function of the organ, evidenced by maintenance of the patient on dialysis or a creatinine clearance level/GFR ≤ 20 mL/min

Required documentation showing the candidate is either on dialysis or has a measured or estimated creatinine clearance or GFR ≤ 20 mL/min at the following time:

Within the first 90 days of transplant

TRANSPLANT PHYSICIAN/SURGEON SIGNATURE: Signature of the requesting transplant physical or surgeon.

DATE: The date the form was signed.

TRANSPLANT PHYSICIAN/SURGEON NAME (Please print or type): Print or type the name of the requesting transplant physical or surgeon.

Transplant Program Contact Name: Enter the name of the appropriate contact person at the transplant program.

Transplant Program Contact Email: The contact’s email address.

Transplant Program Contact Phone Number: The contact’s phone number.

Public Burden Statement: The private, non-profit Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) collects this information in order to perform the following OPTN functions: to assess whether applicants meet OPTN Bylaw requirements for membership in the OPTN; and to monitor compliance of member organizations with OPTN Obligations. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for this information collection is 0915-0157 and it is valid until XX/XX/202X. This information collection is required to obtain or retain a benefit per 42 CFR §121.11(b)(2). All data collected will be subject to Privacy Act protection (Privacy Act System of Records #09-15-0055). Data collected by the private non-profit OPTN also are well protected by a number of the Contractor’s security features. The Contractor’s security system meets or exceeds the requirements as prescribed by OMB Circular A-130, Appendix III, Security of Federal Automated Information Systems, and the Departments Automated Information Systems Security Program Handbook. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.27 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 14N39, Rockville, Maryland, 20857 or paperwork@hrsa.gov.   

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