Paid blood donors may use more kinds of photo ID

Blood banks and plasma centers must accept listed photo IDs from paid donors. This applies to people paid for donating whole blood or blood components.

Medical directors may authorize licensed health professionals to perform donor screenings and other health services. This applies at licensed plasma collection centers and covers donor screening, predonation health screening, suitability assessments, and other health services. Workers must act within their licensed scope and follow the medical director’s protocols and supervision, facility policies, and state and federal rules. This does not expand any worker’s licensed scope of practice.

Source plasma donation centers licensed under these rules are not blood bank depositories. A source plasma donation center is a facility, other than a licensed blood bank, where source plasma is collected by plasmapheresis.

The department must determine that the center’s supervising medical director knows how to use and oversee digital refractometers for total protein tests. This applies when a licensed plasma collection center performs total protein tests using a digital refractometer. The bill says the department must not impose unrelated experience requirements, such as transfusion practices, when a center performs only plasma collection services under this section.

Plasma centers and auxiliary sites must have qualified medical leadership; a license need not be automatically revoked after a change in the person in charge if notice and an application are submitted on time. These rules apply to plasma centers and their auxiliary sites; the conditional license exception applies to a licensed plasma collection center when its person in charge of biologics production changes. The medical director or person in charge must be a licensed physician and surgeon with at least three months of plasma center experience or training and must meet other applicable state and federal requirements. The owner or representative must give written notice within five days, including the required personnel details and signature; the licensee must apply for a replacement person in charge within 30 days. An interim person in charge may serve for up to 30 days if qualified and the required notice is given. The licensee may not operate without medical director supervision; the department may grant an additional 30 days to apply for good cause. Notice is due within five days of the change, and the replacement application is due within 30 days. A qualified interim person may serve for up to 30 calendar days; the department may extend the application deadline by 30 days for good cause.