§ 63-2153. Preplacement or replacement of blood as a condition of treatment.

No hospital or blood donor organization shall require either preplacement or replacement of blood as a condition of treatment. Every statement of policy to or request of a patient or his next of kin by a physician or the personnel of a hospital or a blood donor organization regarding preplacement or replacement of blood through voluntary donations on behalf of the patient pursuant to any scheduled transfusion of whole blood or one or more of the component parts of whole blood, shall be made in a manner not calculated or likely to result in a marked increase in anxiety or emotional disturbance on the part of the patient or his next of kin.  Every blood donor organization shall adopt policies and procedures for directed blood donations.  Such designated donations must be medically suitable of purpose, safety, and acceptability to the body of the recipient.

Any hospital or blood donor organization that violates the provisions of this section may be denied all benefits and privileges granted by state law to such institutions.

Amended by Laws 1986, c. 146, § 1, operative June 1, 1986.