Tex. Health & Safety Code § 162.015 · Chapter 162. BLOOD BANKS AND DONATION OF BLOOD
DONATION OF BLOOD BY PERSONS YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person who is 17 years of age may consent to the donation of the person's blood or blood components. A person younger than 18 years of age may not receive any compensation from a blood bank for a donation of the person's blood or blood components.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 160, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 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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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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