TABLE 2.

OPTN Policy for Allocation of Kidneys to Prior Liver Recipients on the Kidney Waiting List

If a kidney candidate received a liver transplant, but not a liver and kidney transplant from the same deceased donor, the candidate will be classified as a prior liver recipient. This classification gives priority to a kidney candidate if both of the following criteria are met:

The candidate is registered on the kidney waiting list prior to the 1‐year anniversary of the candidate’s most recent LT date. On a date that is at least 60 days but not more than 365 days after the candidate’s LT date, at least one of the following criteria is met: The candidate has a measured or calculated CrCl or GFR ≤20 mL/min. The candidate is on dialysis.