Maryland also requires a tissue bank license, as I understand it, they  
will accept a NY tissue bank license.

As far as I know a depot does not require its own tissue bank license.  
Indeed they are only collecting milk for a milk bank and shipping it  
to the milk bank itself for handling. At our milk bank, we handle the  
blood testing, and the depot can only collect milk from approved  
donors, which is after their blood work has been done.

As we define it donor milk program is when hospitals dispense milk to  
their babies. Presumably, it would only be an issue if they are in CA,  
NY or MD, states that require a license. I don't know if they require  
a license if they are handling / dispensing milk. Would they require a  
license if they are handling other human tissue, such as blood or  
organs, or only if they collect them and screen donors? The NY  
application focuses on procurement and storage, not dispensing. There  
may be a different license that I am not familiar with for dispensing.

Hope this is helpful.

Naomi

On Jul 23, 2012, at 12:00 AM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote:

> The hosp I recently worked for (retired now) just started a donor  
> milk program with the HMBANA banks in San Jose and Denver. The  
> people who run those banks said they have a current tissue license  
> so their client hospitals don't need one.
>
> Unless the Powers That Be are changing the rules and creating  
> redundancy of licenses.
>
> However the hospital was considering becoming a "depot?" or  
> receiving point to make donations to a HMBANA bank. It would involve  
> having the donor mothers do their blood tests in the hosp lab prior  
> to sending their donated milk to the milk bank in packaging supplied  
> by the milk bank. Until the minimum 100 oz lot is reached, the  
> donated milk would be stored in a hospital freezer. I don't know if  
> that changes the rules. Don't know why it would when the hospital is  
> just a go-between. It's the milk bank that actually opens the milk  
> containers, handles and processes and tests the milk.
>
> Phyllis

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