2108.31 No parental consent needed for blood donations.

Any person seventeen years of age or older may donate blood in a voluntary blood program, which is not operated for profit, without consent of the person’s parent or guardian. Before obtaining blood donations from students at high schools, joint vocational schools, or technical schools, a blood program shall arrange for the dissemination of written donation information to students to be shared with their parents or guardians. This information shall include a statement that the students will be requested to donate blood.

Effective Date: 2008 HB529 04-07-2009