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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-83-6
Hospitals required to facilitate donations
Known as the The Umbilical Cord Blood Donation Notification Act
The act spans §§ 23–23 (6 sections).
P.L. 2008, ch. 101, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 153, § 1.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.