{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-214.458","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 214.458","heading":"Blood for transfusion -- Labeling -- Data retention -- Destruction.","body":"(1) Each unit of blood collected by a blood establishment for transfusion shall be\naffixed with the United States Food and Drug Administration required label which\nincludes a donor identification number through which the following information can\nbe obtained:\n(a) Date the blood was collected;\n(b) Name of blood establishment;\n(c) Nonidentifying code representing the name of the blood donor;\n(d) A blood establishment serial number for the blood;\n(e) The date of laboratory testing of the blood;\n(f) The name of the person and laboratory testing the blood;\n(g) The laboratory test results.\n(2) Each unit of blood received by a blood establishment or health facility within the\nCommonwealth from an out -of-state blood establishment shall contain a label in\naccordance with  the provisions of subsection (1) of this section and the blood\nestablishment or health facility shall either test the blood in accordance with the\nrequirements for blood establishments within the Commonwealth under the\nprovisions of KRS 214.452(2) or may accept documented evidence of the test\nresults as are required under subsection (1) of this section for blood collected within\nthe Commonwealth.\n(3) Each laboratory testing blood for transfusion shall maintain for ten (10) years from\nthe date of testing, a nd each blood establishment shall maintain for ten (10) years\nfrom the date of collection, a list containing the information set forth in subsection\n(1) of this section.\n(4) No blood may be transfused into any patient in any health facility or health servi ce\nor by any health care provider unless the unit of blood has affixed to it the label as\nrequired under this section and the blood has tested negative for the human\nimmunodeficiency virus or any causative agent of AIDS, or any blood -borne\ncommunicable dis ease as provided under KRS 214.452. When a unit of blood is\ntransfused, a label containing the donor identification number required under this\nsection shall be removed from the unit and affixed to the patient's medical chart or\nthe blood donor identificati on number for the unit of blood shall be recorded in the\npatient's medical chart.\n(5) Any unit of blood not containing the label required under this section shall be\ndestroyed by the health facility, health service, or health care provider.\n(6) Any unit of  blood testing confirmatory positive for an agent of a blood -borne\ncommunicable disease and in the possession of a health facility, health service, or\nhealth care provider may be donated to educational or scientific research institutions\nfor the purpose of scientific research only and not for transfusion.","path":["KRS Chapter 214"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=8825","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:18Z","sha256":"1b712b77873f042593045da871c23477ad64fc8f8776855b94531356d091f5f4","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-214.456","next":"us-ky/krs-214.460"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}