Sec. 5.5. (a) As used in this chapter, "distributed for use" refers to a blood center releasing or shipping blood for use in a blood inventory intended for or made available for transfusion or injection to a patient.
(b) The term does not include the release or shipment of blood:
(1) to a researcher; or
(2) for further manufacturing;
as approved in writing by the federal Food and Drug Administration.