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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2153: Preplacement or replacement of blood as a condition of

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treatment.

No hospital or blood donor organization shall require either

preplacement or replacement of blood as a condition of treatment.

Every statement of policy to or request of a patient or his next of

kin by a physician or the personnel of a hospital or a blood donor

organization regarding preplacement or replacement of blood through

voluntary donations on behalf of the patient pursuant to any

scheduled transfusion of whole blood or one or more of the component

parts of whole blood, shall be made in a manner not calculated or

likely to result in a marked increase in anxiety or emotional

disturbance on the part of the patient or his next of kin. Every

blood donor organization shall adopt policies and procedures for

directed blood donations. Such designated donations must be

medically suitable of purpose, safety, and acceptability to the body

of the recipient.

Any hospital or blood donor organization that violates the

provisions of this section may be denied all benefits and privileges

granted by state law to such institutions.

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