California Paul Gann Blood Safety Act amended

Senate Bill 102 was introduced by Senator Carole Migden in January 2007. The bill was approved by the Governor in July 2007 and has been chaptered.

The previous version of the Paul Gann Blood Safety Act required that a physician inform the patient of the positive and negative aspects of receiving autologous blood and directed and nondirected homologous blood from volunteers, whenever there was a reasonable possibility that a blood transfusion may be necessary as a result of a medical procedure, and by means of a standardized written summary that is published by the Medical Board of California. The new version of the law expands the list of individuals who may provide the written summary to include doctors of podiatric medicine. Furthermore, the new law permits that the information be given directly by the physician or doctor of podiatric medicine, or indirectly via a nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, or physician assistant, who is authorized to order a blood transfusion.

Click HERE for full text of the chaptered bill.

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