2016 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 43 - DISPOSITIONS OF HUMAN BODIES AND PARTS; POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS
Section 44-43-20. Age restrictions for blood donors; parental permission.
(A) A person may lawfully donate blood if he is:
(1) at least seventeen years of age; or
(2) sixteen years of age and has the written consent of his parent or guardian.
(B) A person under eighteen years of age may not sell blood.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-560; 1971 (57) 71; 1976 Act No. 549, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 334, Section 1, eff June 2, 2006; 2008 Act No. 186, Section 1, eff March 31, 2008; 2009 Act No. 4, Section 1, eff May 6, 2009.
Effect of Amendment
The 2006 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
The 2008 amendment rewrote this section to add the provision relating to parental permission for persons sixteen years of age to donate blood.
The 2009 amendment made no apparent changes.
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