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214.450 Definitions for KRS 214.452 to 214.466.

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Page 1 of 1 214.450 Definitions for KRS 214.452 to 214.466. As used in KRS 214.452 to 214.466, unless the context otherwise requires: <br>(1) &quot;Blood&quot; means any blood, blood product, blood component, or blood derivative including plasma. (2) &quot;Blood establishment&quot; means a place of business under one (1) management at one (1) general physical location which engages in the collection, preparation, <br>processing, labeling, packaging, and dispensing of blood to any health care facility, <br>health service, or health care provider and which is licensed by the United States <br>Food and Drug Administration. Blood establishment does not include autologous <br>blood donation programs permitted under KRS 214.456. (3) &quot;Blood-borne communicable disease&quot; means any of those diseases which are specifically so defined and set forth in administrative regulation promulgated by the <br>United States Food and Drug Administration. (4) &quot;Health facility&quot; means any health facility set forth under KRS 216B.015 which provides for the transfusion of blood into a living human body. (5) &quot;Health care provider&quot; means any person licensed or certified under the laws of the Commonwealth as a dentist, physician, osteopath, registered nurse, practical nurse, <br>paramedic, emergency medical technician, or physician assistant. (6) &quot;Health service&quot; means any health service as set forth under KRS 216B.015 and which provides for the transfusion of blood into a living human body. (7) &quot;Transfuse&quot; means to transfer blood from one (1) person to another. <br>(8) &quot;Donor&quot; means either a paid or volunteer donor of blood. <br>(9) &quot;Untested blood&quot; means blood that has not been tested or blood for which test results have not yet been returned. Effective: July 15, 1998 <br>History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 582, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 325, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994; and ch. 512, Part 12, sec. 86, <br>effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 499, sec. 14, effective July <br>13, 1990. -- Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 76, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988.