HB 2580-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Prohibits a blood-collecting or distributing establishment from collecting or distributing blood for transfusion in the state, unless it is registered by the department of health.

Requires the department of health to: (1) Register a blood-collecting or distributing establishment if it holds a license issued by the United States food and drug administration or if the applicant is a hospital that meets certain criteria;

(2) Deny or revoke the registration of an establishment upon a determination that it no longer holds a license issued by the federal food and drug administration; and

(3) Create and maintain an online public registry of all registered blood-collecting or distributing establishments that supply blood products for transfusion in the state.

Provides that this act does not apply to a hospital licensed under chapter 70.41 or 71.12 RCW unless the hospital collects blood directly from donors for the purpose of allogeneic transfusions.