460.010 - Procurement, processing, distribution or use of certain body parts or products constitutes service; no implied warranties; limited liability. - Nevada Statutes - USA Laws Searching

Statutes > Nevada Statutes > TITLE 40 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY > Chapter 460 - Human Blood, Blood Products and Body Parts > GENERAL PROVISIONS > 460.010 - Procurement, processing, distribution or use of certain body parts or products constitutes service; no implied warranties; limited liability.

460.010 - Procurement, processing, distribution or use of certain body parts or products constitutes service; no implied warranties; limited liability.

460.010  Procurement, processing, distribution or use of certain body parts or products constitutes service; no implied warranties; limited liability.  The procurement, processing, distribution or use of any:

      1.  Whole human blood, plasma, blood product or blood derivative for the purpose of injection or transfusion; or

      2.  Tissue or organ for the purpose of transplantation,

Ê into the human body constitutes, as to the transmission of infectious disease, the rendition of a service and not a sale by every person participating therein, and no implied warranty of merchantability or fitness, nor any doctrine of liability other than negligence or willful misconduct, applies to the service.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1381; A 1971, 250; 1985, 1469; 1989, 60)

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