(a) (1) Any minor who has reached seventeen (17) years of age may act as a blood donor to any nonprofit blood bank or any licensed hospital without consideration. (2) The consent of the minor seventeen (17) years of age or older shall not be subject to disaffirmance because of the minority of the donor. (3) The consent of the parent or guardian of the minor seventeen (17) years of age or older shall not be necessary to authorize the taking of blood from the minor. (b) A minor sixteen (16) years of age may act as a blood donor to a nonprofit blood bank or a licensed hospital without consideration, if the minor sixteen (16) years of age obtains written permission or authorization from his or her parent or guardian. (c) However, nothing in this section relieves a blood bank or hospital or its agents or employees from civil liability for any negligence in taking the blood of a minor. Acts 1971, No. 44, § 1; 1977, No. 449, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1606; Acts 2009, No. 152, § 1. (a) (1) Any minor who has reached seventeen (17) years of age may act as a blood donor to any nonprofit blood bank or any licensed hospital without consideration. (2) The consent of the minor seventeen (17) years of age or older shall not be subject to disaffirmance because of the minority of the donor. (3) The consent of the parent or guardian of the minor seventeen (17) years of age or older shall not be necessary to authorize the taking of blood from the minor. (b) A minor sixteen (16) years of age may act as a blood donor to a nonprofit blood bank or a licensed hospital without consideration, if the minor sixteen (16) years of age obtains written permission or authorization from his or her parent or guardian. (c) However, nothing in this section relieves a blood bank or hospital or its agents or employees from civil liability for any negligence in taking the blood of a minor. Acts 1971, No. 44, § 1; 1977, No. 449, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1606; Acts 2009, No. 152, § 1. (a) (1) Any minor who has reached seventeen (17) years of age may act as a blood donor to any nonprofit blood bank or any licensed hospital without consideration. (2) The consent of the minor seventeen (17) years of age or older shall not be subject to disaffirmance because of the minority of the donor. (3) The consent of the parent or guardian of the minor seventeen (17) years of age or older shall not be necessary to authorize the taking of blood from the minor. (b) A minor sixteen (16) years of age may act as a blood donor to a nonprofit blood bank or a licensed hospital without consideration, if the minor sixteen (16) years of age obtains written permission or authorization from his or her parent or guardian. (c) However, nothing in this section relieves a blood bank or hospital or its agents or employees from civil liability for any negligence in taking the blood of a minor. Acts 1971, No. 44, § 1; 1977, No. 449, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1606; Acts 2009, No. 152, § 1. (a) (1) Any minor who has reached seventeen (17) years of age may act as a blood donor to any nonprofit blood bank or any licensed hospital without consideration. (2) The consent of the minor seventeen (17) years of age or older shall not be subject to disaffirmance because of the minority of the donor. (3) The consent of the parent or guardian of the minor seventeen (17) years of age or older shall not be necessary to authorize the taking of blood from the minor. (1) Any minor who has reached seventeen (17) years of age may act as a blood donor to any nonprofit blood bank or any licensed hospital without consideration. (2) The consent of the minor seventeen (17) years of age or older shall not be subject to disaffirmance because of the minority of the donor. (3) The consent of the parent or guardian of the minor seventeen (17) years of age or older shall not be necessary to authorize the taking of blood from the minor. (b) A minor sixteen (16) years of age may act as a blood donor to a nonprofit blood bank or a licensed hospital without consideration, if the minor sixteen (16) years of age obtains written permission or authorization from his or her parent or guardian. (c) However, nothing in this section relieves a blood bank or hospital or its agents or employees from civil liability for any negligence in taking the blood of a minor. Acts 1971, No. 44, § 1; 1977, No. 449, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1606; Acts 2009, No. 152, § 1.
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