New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 33Q - TRANSPLANTATION SERVICES
Subchapter 1 - ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION SERVICES
Section 8:33Q-1.4 - Personnel

1. The transplant surgeon shall have a minimum of one year formal training or equivalent experience during residency, and one year of experience at a transplant program meeting UNOS membership criteria in the area of transplantation in which he or she plans to practice. In lieu of one year formal training and one year of experience, three years of experience with a transplant program meeting criteria for institutional membership in UNOS is acceptable. For kidney transplantation, the surgeon shall have certification by either the American Board of Surgery, the American Board of Urology or its equivalent. For liver and pancreas transplantation, the surgeon shall have American Board of Surgery certification or its equivalent. For heart transplantation, the surgeon shall be certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery or its equivalent. The transplant surgeon must have been the primary surgeon on a minimum of 10 transplants performed within the past two years.

2. The transplant physician shall be a physician with an M.D. or D.O. degree, or equivalent degree from another country, who is licensed to practice medicine in New Jersey and has been accepted on the medical staff of the applicant hospital. He or she shall be Board Certified in internal medicine or pediatrics. He or she shall have at least one year of specialized formal training in transplantation medicine or a minimum of two years documented experience in transplantation medicine with a transplant program that meets the qualifications for membership in UNOS. For renal transplantation, the transplant physician shall be Board Certified or Board Qualified in the subspecialty of nephrology. In general, a transplant physician shall be Board Certified or Board Qualified in the subspecialty of the transplanted organ. However, a transplant physician with extensive experience in transplantation of one organ may qualify as a transplant physician for another organ if organ-specific subspecialists also participate in patient selection and post-transplant patient care.