No health facility or physician or health care provider transfusing untested blood into a patient during an emergency situation if the blood is required to save the life of the patient shall be liable in civil damages or criminally, provided the provisions of KRS
214.464 are met.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 214.466

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.

Effective: July 15, 1988
History: Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 76, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1988.