The procuring, furnishing, donating, processing, distributing or using human whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives and products for the purpose of injecting or transfusing any of them in the human body is declared for all purposes to be the rendition of a service by every person, firm or corporation participating therein, whether or not any remuneration is paid therefor, and is declared not to be a sale of any such items and no warranties of any kind or description shall be applicable thereto. No such person, firm or corporation participating in rendering such services shall be liable for damages unless negligence is proven.
K.S.A. 65-3701
Human blood; nature of supplying; liability
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 73 Md. App. 1 - Roberts v. SUBURBAN HOSPITAL ASS'N, INC. (1987)
Most recently applied in Am. Nat. Red Cross v. Asd Spec. Healthcare (March 2004)
L. 1971, ch. 215, § 1; July 1.
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Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.