2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 40:1299.142 — Blood and tissue storage facilities; test for aids

§1299.142.  Blood and tissue storage facilities; test for AIDS

A.  A blood bank, tissue bank, or other blood or tissue storage facility shall perform an AIDS test on the blood or tissue of all donors or cause such test to be performed.  A blood or tissue storage facility shall not accept a blood or tissue donation from a donor whose AIDS test results in a positive reaction unless:

(1)  The secondary, corroborative AIDS test provides evidence that the first AIDS test was a false positive reaction.  

(2)  The blood, tissue, or a product of the blood of the donor will only be used for research purposes.  

B.  The results of the tests performed pursuant to this Section shall be released only to:

(1)  The subject of the test;

(2)  The subject's or patient's treating physician;

(3)  A health care provider who procures, processes, distributes, or uses an anatomical gift for the sole purpose of ascertaining the medical acceptability of the anatomical gift;

(4)  The coroner, funeral director, or other person who examines or prepares the body of a decedent for burial or other disposition; or

(5)  The office of preventive and public health services of the Department of Health and Hospitals for the limited purpose of statistical summary and analysis.  

Acts 1987, No. 234, §1.