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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ADEQUACY OF THE BLOOD SUPPLY IN | |
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RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senators Sheehan, Sosnowski, Goldin, Goodwin, and DiPalma | |
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Date Introduced: May 02, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 23-4.5 of the General Laws entitled "Blood Bank Services" is |
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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
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23-4.5-2. Blood banks regulated. – (a) No person or entity may collect blood, blood |
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products, plasma or blood derivatives in the state of Rhode Island for transfusion unless it: |
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(1) Is licensed as a hospital in the state of Rhode Island; or |
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(2)(i) Is licensed as a clinical laboratory as defined in sections 23-16.2 and 23-16.2-4; and |
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(ii) Maintains a facility in the state of Rhode Island for the collection, processing and |
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testing of blood, blood products, plasma or blood derivatives, such testing to include all tests |
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required by the food and drug administration regarding testing of donated blood. |
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(b) The director of the Rhode Island department of health shall have the power to issue |
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regulations implementing this section, including the enforcement hereof. Whether or not |
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regulations have been issued, no license may be issued or renewed under subsection (a) hereof |
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except in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. |
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(c) No person or entity licensed as described in subsection (a) hereof may authorize any |
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third party not so licensed to collect blood or blood products on its behalf in the state of Rhode |
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Island, except that those entities as described in subsection (a) may temporarily authorize a |
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qualified third party to collect blood on their behalf should the licensed entity be unable to collect |
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blood to meet emergency needs. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ADEQUACY OF THE BLOOD SUPPLY IN | |
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This act would assume the continued quality and supply of blood and blood products in |
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Rhode Island and the cost-effectiveness of the blood supply system in this state by requiring that |
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any entity collecting blood within Rhode Island is predominantly committed to supplying blood |
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to hospitals within this state, and operates a testing facility in this state. Although intended to be |
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immediately effective without need for regulation, the act would also authorize enforcement by |
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the department of health, and would assure that no unregulated entity engages in blood collection. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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