Nevada Statute | Act | Code |Title 40 - Public Health And Safety| US Code - US Statute | Chapter 460 - Human Blood, Blood Products And Body Parts

The procurement, processing, distribution
or use of any:

      1. Whole human blood, plasma, blood product or blood derivative
for the purpose of injection or transfusion; or

      2. Tissue or organ for the purpose of transplantation,

Ê into the human body constitutes, as to the transmission of infectious
disease, the rendition of a service and not a sale by every person
participating therein, and no implied warranty of merchantability or
fitness, nor any doctrine of liability other than negligence or willful
misconduct, applies to the service.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1381; A 1971, 250; 1985, 1469; 1989, 60)

      1. The State Board of Health, State Health Officer and any health
authority, as defined in NRS 439.005 ,
may disseminate to any blood bank in the State of Nevada identifying data
concerning any person with a history of viral hepatitis.

      2. The State Board of Health shall, pursuant to NRS 441A.120
, adopt regulations specifying the
identifying data to be disseminated to blood banks pursuant to subsection
1.

      3. Any identifying data received by a blood bank pursuant to this
section is confidential and may be used only for screening prospective
blood donors.

      4. Any person who has access to identifying data disseminated to a
blood bank pursuant to this section and who divulges or uses such
information in any manner except to screen prospective blood donors is
guilty of a misdemeanor.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 128; A 1989, 300)
Any
physician, hospital, clinic, surgical center for ambulatory patients or
other organization that stores or transfuses products made from blood
shall:

      1. Maintain records of all serological tests and the receipt and
disposition of products made from blood in accordance with applicable
standards for laboratories published by the American Association of Blood
Banks, in the form most recently published before January 1, 1983;

      2. Test for compatibility and blood grouping; and

      3. Be equipped with a refrigerator which regulates its own
temperature and warns of failure to maintain the prescribed temperature.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 599; A 1985, 1753)
Any
person who is 17 years of age or older may donate his blood without the
consent of his parent or guardian.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 599)

ANATOMICAL GIFTS; POWERS AND DUTIES OF BUREAU OF CONSUMER PROTECTION
As used in NRS 460.100 to 460.150 ,
inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms
defined in NRS 460.110 , 460.133 and 460.139
have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 680 ; A 2005, 243 )
“Anatomical gift” has the
meaning ascribed to it in NRS 451.513 .

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 680 )
Repealed. (See chapter 88, Statutes
of Nevada 2005, at page 246 .)

Repealed. (See chapter
88, Statutes of Nevada 2005, at page 246 .)

“Dean” means the Dean of the School
of Medicine or his designee.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 243 )
“School of Medicine”
means the University of Nevada School of Medicine.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 243 )

      1. The School of Medicine shall:

      (a) Establish and carry out educational programs relating to
anatomical gifts;

      (b) Establish and carry out local and statewide programs to
acknowledge publicly families of donors;

      (c) Prepare and distribute information relating to anatomical
gifts; and

      (d) If the Dean determines that there is sufficient money in the
Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150 , pay the costs for the transplantation of an
organ or tissue, including the cost for any medicine required as a result
of the transplantation.

      2. As used in this section, “donor” has the meaning ascribed to it
in NRS 451.525 .

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 680 ; A 2005, 244 )

      1. The School of Medicine may apply for and accept any gifts,
grants, appropriations or donations to assist the School of Medicine in
carrying out programs relating to anatomical gifts.

      2. Any money received by the School of Medicine for programs
relating to anatomical gifts must be deposited in the State Treasury for
credit to the Anatomical Gift Account which is hereby created in the
State General Fund. The Dean shall administer the Account.

      3. The money in the Account must only be used to:

      (a) Carry out the provisions of NRS 460.140 ; and

      (b) Pay the costs, not to exceed 5 percent of the average balance
of the Account for each fiscal year, incurred by the School of Medicine
to administer programs relating to anatomical gifts.

      4. The money in the Account must:

      (a) Be invested as money in other state accounts is invested; and

      (b) Remain in the Account and does not revert to the State General
Fund at the end of any fiscal year.

      5. Each claim against the Account must be:

      (a) Approved by the Dean before the claim is paid; and

      (b) Paid as other claims against the State are paid.

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 680 ; 2005, 244 )

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