California Health and Safety Code

§ 1602.6

HSC § 1602.6 Effective Jan 1, 1993Div. 2 · Ch. 4 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)No person shall import any human whole blood or human whole blood derivative produced outside the state unless that blood or blood product meets the standards set forth in the latest edition of the “Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services,” as published by the American Association of Blood Banks, or any later published editions or amendments thereto.

(b)Any later editions of the “Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services,” or amendments thereto, published by the American Association of Blood Banks, shall become effective for purposes at this section 90 days after the effective date of this section, or 90 days after publication by the association, whichever is later, unless the department sends written notice, within the 90-day period, to all persons who import human whole blood or human whole blood derivatives produced outside the state that have requested this notice, stating the portions of those later editions or amendments that shall not become effective.

(c)The department may determine that no portion of any later editions or amendments shall become effective for purposes of this section. The department shall determine that no portion of a later edition or amendment shall become effective for purposes of this section whenever the department has not received a copy of the later edition or amendment by the date it is published by the American Association of Blood Banks.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 760, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.