The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors met on June 22-23, 2009. Read this report for a quick and easy summary of all policy and bylaw changes approved at this meeting.

The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors met on March 2-3, 2009. Read this report for a quick and easy summary of all policy and bylaw changes approved at this meeting.

The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors met on November 17-18, 2008. Read this report for a quick and easy summary of all policy and bylaw changes approved at this meeting.

The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors met on June 19-20, 2008. Read this report for a quick and easy summary of all policy and bylaw changes approved at this meeting.

The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors met on February 20-21, 2008. Read this report for a quick and easy summary of all policy and bylaw changes approved at this meeting.

The OPTN/UNOS Executive Committee met on December 18, 2007. Read this report for a quick and easy summary of all policy and bylaw changes approved at this meeting.

The OPTN/UNOS Executive Committee met on September 17, 2007. Read this report for a quick and easy summary of all policy and bylaw changes approved at this meeting.

The OPTN/UNOS Executive Committee met on June 25, 2007. Read this report for a quick and easy summary of all policy and bylaw changes approved at this meeting.

The OPTN/UNOS Executive Committee met on March 22, 2007. Read this report for a quick and easy summary of all policy and bylaw changes approved at this meeting.

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) appreciates the opportunity to comment on amendments to the Final Rule for operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), published in the October 20, 1999, issue of the Federal Register (64 Fed. Reg. 56649 et seq.).

Modifications to UNOS Policy 3.7 and new UNOS Heart Status 1A and Status 1B Justification Forms will be implemented at 12:00 p.m., Eastern time, on January 20, 1999. The UNOS Board of Directors approved changes to UNOS Policy 3.7 on June 25, 1998. The major new features of this amended policy include:

The following modifications to UNOS Policy 3.6, in addition to modified Liver Status 1, 2A and 2B Justification Forms, will be effective August 19, 1998. As approved by the UNOS Board of Directors on June 25, 1998, the modifications to Policy 3.6 include:

DR. HUNSICKER: Well, it's been a quiet week in Lake Woebegone.

"You want to play in my room now?" the little voice asked. It was 10 p.m. and 5-year-old Brittany Combs was still up, hanging out with the grown-ups. "I don't know if I'll have time," the visitor answered. "We'll have to see."

Non-heart-beating donors (individuals whose deaths are determined by cessation of heart and respiratory function rather than loss of whole brain function) could potentially be of major importance in reducing the gap between the demand for and available supply of organs for transplantation.