Rule No.: RULE TITLE
59A-1.005: Standards for OPOs, Tissue Banks and Eye Banks

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 23, 2010, the Agency for Health Care Administration, received a petition for Variance or Waiver of Rule 59A-1.005, Florida Administrative Code, from ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIONS EYE BANK. The petition requests a variance or waiver of rule provisions that require FDA-licensed HTLV testing for donor tissue. The specific provision on which the waiver is sought: subparagraph 59A-1.005(35)(a)2., Florida Administrative Code. The Petitioner in its request seeks a permanent variance or waiver from the rule due to substantial hardship.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Jamie L. Jackson, Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop #3, Tallahassee, Florida 32308.