Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2153
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Preplacement or replacement of blood as a condition of
Official statutory text
treatment.
No hospital or blood donor organization shall require either
preplacement or replacement of blood as a condition of treatment.
Every statement of policy to or request of a patient or his next of
kin by a physician or the personnel of a hospital or a blood donor
organization regarding preplacement or replacement of blood through
voluntary donations on behalf of the patient pursuant to any
scheduled transfusion of whole blood or one or more of the component
parts of whole blood, shall be made in a manner not calculated or
likely to result in a marked increase in anxiety or emotional
disturbance on the part of the patient or his next of kin. Every
blood donor organization shall adopt policies and procedures for
directed blood donations. Such designated donations must be
medically suitable of purpose, safety, and acceptability to the body
of the recipient.
Any hospital or blood donor organization that violates the
provisions of this section may be denied all benefits and privileges
granted by state law to such institutions.
No hospital or blood donor organization shall require either
preplacement or replacement of blood as a condition of treatment.
Every statement of policy to or request of a patient or his next of
kin by a physician or the personnel of a hospital or a blood donor
organization regarding preplacement or replacement of blood through
voluntary donations on behalf of the patient pursuant to any
scheduled transfusion of whole blood or one or more of the component
parts of whole blood, shall be made in a manner not calculated or
likely to result in a marked increase in anxiety or emotional
disturbance on the part of the patient or his next of kin. Every
blood donor organization shall adopt policies and procedures for
directed blood donations. Such designated donations must be
medically suitable of purpose, safety, and acceptability to the body
of the recipient.
Any hospital or blood donor organization that violates the
provisions of this section may be denied all benefits and privileges
granted by state law to such institutions.
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