42 CFR § 121.13 - Definition of human organ under section 301 of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, as amended.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s121.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 121.13 - Definition of human organ under section 301 of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, as amended."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "121.13"
section_name: "Definition of human organ under section 301 of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, as amended."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "K"
subchapter_name: "HEALTH RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "121"
part_name: "ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sections 215, 371-377, and 377E of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 216, 273-274d, 274f-5); sections 1102, 1106, 1138 and 1871 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1302, 1306, 1320b-8, and 1395hh); section 301 of the National Organ Transplant Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 274e); and E.O. 13879, 84 FR 33817."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 16332, Apr. 2, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "121"
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# 121.13 Definition of human organ under section 301 of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, as amended.
Human organ, as covered by section 301 of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, as amended, means the human (including fetal) kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bone marrow, cornea, eye, bone, skin, intestine (including the esophagus, stomach, small and/or large intestine, or any portion of the gastrointestinal tract) or any vascularized composite allograft defined in § 121.2. It also means any subpart thereof, including that derived from a fetus.
[78 FR 40042, July 3, 2013]