Only a physician, laboratory technician, registered nurse, physician's assistant, phlebotomist, expanded role licensed practical nurse, medical technician, or medical technologist, acting under court order, or at the request of both the mother and any alleged father of the child, may withdraw blood for the purpose of testing genetic systems to determine parentage. Tissue, saliva, or other bodily substances may be withdrawn, by a qualified person, acting under court order, or at the request of both the mother and any alleged father of the child, using a noninvasive procedure, for the purpose of testing genetic systems to determine parentage. No person, and no entity, hospital, or laboratory employing such person, is liable for damages to the party from whom the blood, tissue, or other bodily substance is withdrawn, if the withdrawal is administered with usual and ordinary care.
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