2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .468   Donation of blood to nonprofit voluntary program by person age seventeen or older.

214.468 Donation of blood to nonprofit voluntary program by person age seventeen or older. Any person seventeen (17) 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 legally-authorized  representative.  However,  the  parent  or  legally-authorized representative shall not be held financially responsible for any medical complications arising from the blood donation. Before soliciting blood donations from students in high schools, joint vocational schools, or technical schools, a blood program, in cooperation with school authorities, shall make reasonable efforts to notify the parents or legally- authorized representatives of the students that the students will be requested to donate blood. Effective: July 15, 1994 History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 325, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1994. ­ Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992.