Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§300cc–19 National blood resource education program

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXI— - RESEARCH WITH RESPECT TO ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME › Part Part B— - Research Authority › § 300cc–19

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

After talking with the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Secretary must set up a research and education program about blood donation and transfusion to keep the blood supply safe and make it better. The program must reach three groups. For the public and patients it must show donation is safe, explain that donors help meet a national need, encourage donating more than once a year, and ask repeat donors to recruit new donors. For health professionals it must improve skills and judgment about using blood and blood parts, teach risks and benefits, and promote alternatives to transfusion. For the community it must improve coordination among community, professional, industry, and government groups on donation and transfusion.

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Title 42, §300cc–19

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After consultation with the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Secretary shall establish a program of research and education regarding blood donations and transfusions to maintain and improve the safety of the blood supply. Education programs shall be directed at health professionals, patients, and the community to—

(1)in the case of the public and patients undergoing treatment—

(A)increase awareness that the process of donating blood is safe;

(B)promote the concept that blood donors are contributors to a national need to maintain an adequate and safe blood supply;

(C)encourage blood donors to donate more than once a year; and

(D)encourage repeat blood donors to recruit new donors;

(2)in the case of health professionals—

(A)improve knowledge, attitudes, and skills of health professionals in the appropriate use of blood and blood components;

(B)increase the awareness and understanding of health professionals regarding the risks versus benefits of blood transfusion; and

(C)encourage health professionals to consider alternatives to the administration of blood or blood components for their patients; and

(3)in the case of the community, increase coordination, communication, and collaboration among community, professional, industry, and government organizations regarding blood donation and transfusion issues.

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42 U.S.C. § 300cc–19

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73