The donation and recovery of organs and tissues requires compliance with both state and federal regulations. The following downloadable documents provide synopses of some of these regulations:

• Conditions of Participation for Hospitals, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Title 42, Part 482 – Death notifications, organ and tissue donor screening, organ recovery process
• Leadership Standards and Elements of Performance, Joint Commission for Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAHO) – Standard LD.3.110 [critical access hospital, hospital], rationale for LD.3.110 [critical access hospital, hospital], elements of performance for LD.3.110
• Regulatory Oversight and Standards for Tissue Donation, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 21 CFR Parts 16, 1270 and 1271 – Current Good Tissue Practice for Human Cell, Tissue, and cellular and tissue-based Product Establishments; Inspection and Enforcement
• Texas Anatomical Gift Act