Bill Text: AZ SB1414 | 2023 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Self-donation; blood; patient notification

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-01 - Senate read second time [SB1414 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2023-SB1414-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: self-donation; blood; patient notification

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

2023

 

 

 

SB 1414

 

Introduced by

Senator Wadsack: Representative Jones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending title 32, chapter 32, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 32-3230.02; relating to health professionals.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 32, chapter 32, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 32-3230.02, to read:

START_STATUTE32-3230.02. Physicians; patient notification before surgery; self-donation of blood; definition

A. A physician shall notify a patient before the patient has surgery of the patient's option to donate blood for the patient's own use.  If the patient would like to make an autologous blood donation before the surgery, the physician shall contact a blood bank to obtain the proper paperwork and shall complete the paperwork in a timely manner.

B. For the purposes of this section, "physician" means a person who is licensed pursuant to chapter 13 or 17 of this title. END_STATUTE