{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-381.0601","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 381.0601","heading":"Self-derived and directed-donor blood programs.","body":"(1) Any person residing in this state shall be entitled and allowed to participate in a program to donate his or her own blood, in order to have such blood available for autologous, or self-derived, transfusion at the time of a planned medical need.\n(2) Any person residing in this state shall be entitled and allowed to participate in a directed-donor blood program to donate the blood of specific donors for use by a designated recipient, in order to have such blood available for blood transfusions at the time of a planned medical need.\n(3) Such blood shall not be administered to any other individual until such time as the designated recipient no longer has a need for the blood, after which time the blood shall revert to the blood bank’s general account, except that in the event of a medical emergency, such blood from a designated donor may be used to meet the emergency need.\nHistory.—s. 1, ch. 87-366; s. 52, ch. 91-297; s. 660, ch. 95-148.","path":["TITLE XXIX PUBLIC HEALTH","CHAPTER 381 PUBLIC HEALTH: GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0300-0399/0381/0381.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:04:39Z","sha256":"81afb28cd152359d243c7f36a19e3ac86e39b5f5c379151dfb7ecd72c27368c9","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-381.04065","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-381.06014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}