OAR 333-505-0100: Training for Requestors

(1) All persons making requests for donations of organs, tissues, and eyes shall have received hospital-provided or procurement organization-provided training in accordance with this rule. (2) Training for requestors shall include but is not limited to: (a) The legal requirements of ORS 97.951 through 97.978 and these rules, and the necessity for completion of the portion of the death certificate regarding organ, tissue and eye retrieval. (b) Specifics of organ tissue and eye donation, including: identification of potential donors; medical uses of donated organs, tissues, and eyes; the history and success of transplant programs; reimbursement mechanisms for expenses relating to organ, tissue, and eye retrieval; (c) A review of the psychological, social, cultural, ethical and religious factors affecting willingness to donate organs, tissues, and eyes, and resistance to organ, tissue, and eye donation, and a review of materials developed to train individuals to request organ, tissue, and eye donation with reasonable discretion and sensitivity; (d) The family's right to refuse and the need to respect this right; (e) The effect on funeral arrangements and cost; and (f) The importance of consulting with the attending physician. (3) Requestors shall be able to demonstrate knowledge of the training content as defined in this rule.