Indiana Code 16-41-12-18. Blood shortage emergencies
(b) A blood center must have written criteria for a blood shortage emergency before the blood center may declare a blood shortage emergency. The criteria required under this section must be based on quantitative factors within the geographic region served by the blood center.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-41-12-18
- blood: means any of the following:
Indiana Code 16-41-12-2.5
- blood center: includes a blood bank, a blood storage facility, a plasma center, a hospital, or other facility where blood is collected. See Indiana Code 16-41-12-3
(d) Unless an emergency is declared by another regional blood center, a blood center may not declare a blood shortage emergency for the sole purpose of selling or transferring blood to another center.
(e) Whenever a blood center declares a blood shortage emergency, the blood center shall notify the state department and affirm that a blood shortage emergency exists.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-7-9.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.