146.343 Donation of newborn umbilical cord blood.
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146.343 Donation of newborn umbilical cord blood.
(1)In this section, “hospital” has the meaning given in s. 50.33
(2).
(2)Notwithstanding s. 146.33 , the principal prenatal health care provider of a woman who is known to be pregnant shall, before the woman’s 35th week of pregnancy, offer her information on options to donate, to an accepting and accredited cord blood bank, blood bank, blood center, or plasma center, blood extracted from the umbilical cord of her newborn child, if the donation may be made without monetary expense for the collection or storage to the woman, to any 3rd-party payor of health care coverage for the woman, or to the hospital in which delivery occurs.