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§ 6530.6. Donation of umbilical cord blood

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: June 2, 2008

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 33A. Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Education and Donation Act
Effective: June 2, 2008
35 P.S. § 6530.6
§ 6530.6. Donation of umbilical cord blood
(a) Arrangements for donations.--Unless it is medically inadvisable, all health care facilities and health care providers treating a pregnant woman during the delivery of a newborn child shall, if requested by that woman, permit her to arrange for an umbilical cord blood donation.
(b) Exceptions relating to health of mother.--Nothing in this section imposes an obligation upon a health care facility or health care provider to permit an umbilical cord blood donation if, in the professional judgment of a health care provider, the donation of umbilical cord blood would threaten the health of the mother or newborn child.
(c) Exceptions relating to religion.--Nothing in this section imposes an obligation upon a health care facility or health care provider to permit an umbilical cord blood donation if the donation conflicts with bona fide religious beliefs of the health care facility or health care provider. If a health care facility or health care provider declines to engage in umbilical cord blood donation, that fact shall be made known to pregnant patients of that facility or provider as soon as reasonably feasible.

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2008, April 3, P.L. 54, No. 12, § 6, effective in 60 days [June 2, 2008].
35 P.S. § 6530.6, PA ST 35 P.S. § 6530.6
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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