Who is responsible for managing the organ donation process?
The entire state of Maryland with the exception of Charles county, Montgomery county and Prince George’s county is served by the Living Legacy Foundation (LLF) of Maryland. The District of Columbia as well as the Maryland counties of Charles, Montgomery and Prince Georges’s are part of the service area of Washington Regional Transplant Community (WRTC). Both organizations ore federally designated, non-profit organ procurement organizations(OPO). LLF and WRTC are responsible for facilitating the donation process. Organ recovery and allocation is regulated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
California’s four federally designated, non-profit organ procurement organizations (OPO) are exclusively responsible for facilitating the process, and only OPOs authorized staff have access to both the donor and recipient medical information which makes accurate matching possible. Organ recovery and allocation is regulated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
The District of Columbia is part of the service area of Washington Regional Transplant Consortium, the federally designated, non-profit organ procurement organizations(OPO). WRTC is exclusively responsible for facilitating the donation process, and only the OPOs authorized staff have access to both the donor and recipient medical information which makes accurate matching possible. Organ recovery and allocation is regulated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
