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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5212

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Moore, Lee and Rasmussen

Read first time 1/18/89 and referred to Committee on Health Care & Corrections.

AN ACT Relating to personalized blood transfusions; and amending RCW 70.54.120.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 56, Laws of 1971 as last amended by section 1, chapter 84, Laws of 1987 and RCW 70.54.120 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The procurement, processing, storage, distribution, administration, or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products and blood derivatives for the purpose of injecting or transfusing the same, or any of them, or of tissues, organs, or bones for the purpose of transplanting them, or any of them, into the human body is declared to be, for all purposes whatsoever, the rendition of a service by each and every person, firm, or corporation participating therein, and is declared not to be covered by any implied warranty under the Uniform Commercial Code, Title 62A RCW, or otherwise, and no civil liability shall be incurred as a result of any of such acts, except in the case of willful or negligent conduct((:  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That this)).

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply only to liability alleged in the contraction of hepatitis, malaria, and acquired immune deficiency disease and shall not apply to any transaction in which the donor receives compensation((:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That this)).

(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall only apply where the person, firm or corporation rendering the above service shall have maintained records of donor suitability and donor identification((:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That)).

(4) Nothing in this section shall be considered by the courts in determining or applying the law to any blood transfusion occurring before June 10, 1971 and the court shall decide such case as though this section had not been passed.

(5) A person, firm, or corporation may render a service described in subsection (1) of this section, specifically donate whole blood, plasma, blood products, or blood derivatives and designate the recipient of that donor's whole blood, plasma, blood products, or blood derivatives.