FILED SENATE
Mar 28, 2023
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
S.B. 389
SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK
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SENATE BILL DRS15104-MG-64A
Short Title: Raise the Age for Donating Blood. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Hise and Mayfield (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT RAISING THE AGE TO GIVE OR DONATE BLOOD WITHOUT PARENTAL
3 CONSENT FROM SIXTEEN TO EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. G.S. 130A-412.31 reads as rewritten:
6 "§ 130A-412.31. Giving of blood by persons 16 18 years of age or more.
7 A person who is 16 18 years of age or more may give or donate blood to an individual,
8 hospital, blood bank or blood collection center without the consent of the parent or parents or
9 guardian of the donor. It shall be unlawful for a person under the age of 18 years to sell blood."
10 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
*DRS15104-MG-64A*


Statutes affected:
Filed: 130A-412.31
Edition 1: 130A-412.31
Edition 2: 130A-412.31
Edition 3: 130A-412.31, 90-178.4
Ratified: 130A-412.31, 90-178.4
SL 2023-79: 130A-412.31, 90-178.4