Florida Statutes Section 381.0601 - Self-derived And Directed-donor Blood Programs. (Fla. Stat. § 381.0601)

381.0601 Self-derived and directed-donor blood programs.—

(1) Any person residing in this state shall be entitled and allowed to participate in a program to donate his or her own blood, in order to have such blood available for autologous, or self-derived, transfusion at the time of a planned medical need.

(2) Any person residing in this state shall be entitled and allowed to participate in a directed-donor blood program to donate the blood of specific donors for use by a designated recipient, in order to have such blood available for blood transfusions at the time of a planned medical need.

(3) Such blood shall not be administered to any other individual until such time as the designated recipient no longer has a need for the blood, after which time the blood shall revert to the blood bank’s general account, except that in the event of a medical emergency, such blood from a designated donor may be used to meet the emergency need.

History.—s. 1, ch. 87-366; s. 52, ch. 91-297; s. 660, ch. 95-148.

Note.—Former s. 381.6015.

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