REFERENCE TITLE: blood donations; patient notification

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

 

 

 

HB 2247

 

Introduced by

Representatives Fink: Biasiucci, Heap, Rivero, Way;  Senator Farnsworth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 32, chapter 32, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 32-3230.03; relating to health professionals.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 32, chapter 32, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 32-3230.03, to read:

START_STATUTE32-3230.03. Physicians; patient notification before surgery; self-donation of blood; directed blood donation; definition

A. A physician shall notify each patient before the patient has surgery of the patient's option to donate blood for the patient's own use or to have a compatible family member or friend make a directed blood donation for the patient's use.  If the patient would like to make an autologous blood donation or have a directed blood donation made before the surgery, the physician shall contact a blood bank to obtain the proper paperwork and shall complete the paperwork in a timely manner.

B. For the purposes of this section, "physician" means a person who is licensed pursuant to chapter 13 or 17 of this title. END_STATUTE