Hospitals required to facilitate donations

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-83-6., under Chapter 23-83 The Umbilical Cord Blood Donation Notification Act.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-83-6.

Unless it is medically inadvisable, each hospital or other obstetrical facility in the state shall cooperate with the collection staff of a cord blood bank designated by a patient to facilitate the donation of the blood extracted from the umbilical cord of the patient’s newborn child to a cord blood bank.