California Health and Safety Code

§ 1626

HSC § 1626 Effective Jan 1, 2013Div. 2 · Ch. 4 · Art. 7

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), it shall be unlawful, in any transfusion of blood, to use any blood that was obtained from a paid donor.

(b)Subdivision (a) shall not be applicable to any transfusion of blood that was obtained from a paid donor if the physician and surgeon performing the transfusion has determined, taking into consideration the condition of the patient who is the recipient of the transfusion, that other blood of a type compatible with the blood type of the patient cannot reasonably be obtained for the transfusion.

(c)Subdivision (a) shall not apply to blood platelets secured from paid donors through the hemapheresis process if all of the following requirements are satisfied:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 728, Sec. 83. (SB 71) Effective January 1, 2013.