Indiana Code > Title 16 > Article 41 > Chapter 12 – Communicable Disease: Precautionary Measures for Use of Human Tissues and Blood Products; Regulation of Blood Centers
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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 16 > Article 41 > Chapter 12 - Communicable Disease: Precautionary Measures for Use of Human Tissues and Blood Products; Regulation of Blood Centers
- autologous donation: means the removal and storage of blood from a donor or patient for an intended transfusion to the same donor or patient. See Indiana Code 16-41-12-1
- bank: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 16-41-12-2
- 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
- confirmatory test: means a laboratory test or a series of tests approved by the state department and used in conjunction with a screening test to confirm or refute the results of the screening test for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antigen or antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). See Indiana Code 16-41-12-4
- distributed for use: refers to a blood center releasing or shipping blood for use in a blood inventory intended for or made available for transfusion or injection to a patient. See Indiana Code 16-41-12-5.5
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- hospital: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 16-41-12-6
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- physician: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 16-41-12-7
- screening test: means a laboratory screening test or a series of tests approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration and required by the state department to be performed on blood collected under this chapter, including the following:
Indiana Code 16-41-12-8
- storage facility: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 16-41-12-9
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- surgeon: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 16-41-12-10
- Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5