Tex. Health & Safety Code § 162.001 · Chapter 162. BLOOD BANKS AND DONATION OF BLOOD
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Blood bank" means a facility that obtains blood from voluntary donors, as that term is defined by the United States Food and Drug Administration, the AABB (formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks), and the American Red Cross Blood Services and that is registered or licensed by the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research of the United States Food and Drug Administration and accredited by the AABB or the American Red Cross Blood Services, or is qualified for membership in the American Association of Tissue Banks. The term includes a blood center, regional collection center, tissue bank, and transfusion service.
(2) "AIDS" means acquired immune deficiency syndrome as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service.
(3) "HIV" means human immunodeficiency virus.
(4) "Adult stem cell" means an undifferentiated cell that is:
(A) found in differentiated tissue; and
(B) able to renew itself and differentiate to yield all or nearly all of the specialized cell types of the tissue from which the cell originated.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1100, Sec. 5.08(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0486, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 992 (H.B. 177), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.162.htm
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