Sec. 162.006. DISCLOSURE TO OTHER BLOOD BANKS. (a) A blood bank may report to other blood banks the name of a donor with a possible communicable disease according to positive blood test results.

(b) A blood bank that reports a donor's name to other blood banks under this section may not disclose the communicable disease that the donor has or is suspected of having.

(c) A blood bank that reports as provided by this section does not breach a confidence arising out of any confidential relationship.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0489, eff. April 2, 2015.