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Wis. Stat. § 252.13

Blood tests for HIV

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(1) In this section, "autologous transfusion" means the receipt by an individual, by transfusion, of whole blood, blood plasma, a blood product or a blood derivative, which the individual has previously had withdrawn from himself or herself for his or her own use.

(1m) Except as provided under sub. (3) , any blood bank, blood center or plasma center in this state that purchases or receives whole blood, blood plasma, a blood product or a blood derivative shall, prior to its distribution or use and with informed consent under the requirements of s. 252.15 (2) (b) , subject that blood, plasma, product or derivative to a test or series of tests that the state epidemiologist finds medically significant and sufficiently reliable under sub. (1r) (a) to detect the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV. This subsection does not apply to a blood bank that purchases or receives whole blood, blood plasma, a blood product or a blood derivative from a blood bank, blood center or plasma center in this state if the whole blood, blood plasma, blood product or blood derivative has previously been subjected to a test or series of tests that the state epidemiologist finds medically significant and sufficiently reliable under sub. (1r) (a) to detect the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV.

(1r) For the purposes of this section, the state epidemiologist shall make separate findings of medical significance and sufficient reliability for a test or a series of tests to detect the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV for each of the following purposes:

(a) Subjecting whole blood, blood plasma, a blood product or a blood derivative to a test prior to distribution or use of the whole blood, blood plasma, blood product or blood derivative.

(b) Providing disclosure of test results to the subject of the test.

(2) If performance of a test under sub. (1m) yields a validated test result positive for the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV, the whole blood, blood plasma, blood product or blood derivative so tested with this result may not be distributed or used except for purposes of research or as provided under sub. (5) .

(3) If a medical emergency, including a threat to the preservation of life of a potential donee, exists under which whole blood, blood plasma, a blood product or a blood derivative that has been subjected to testing under sub. (1m) is unavailable, the requirement of sub. (1m) shall not apply.

(4) Subsections (1m) and (2) do not apply to the extent that federal law or regulations require that a blood bank, blood center or plasma center test whole blood, blood plasma, a blood product or a blood derivative.

(5) Whole blood, blood plasma, a blood product or a blood derivative described under sub. (2) that is voluntarily donated solely for the purpose of an autologous transfusion may be distributed to or used by the person who has donated the whole blood, blood plasma, blood product or blood derivative. No person other than the person who has donated the whole blood, blood plasma, blood product or blood derivative may receive or use the whole blood, blood plasma, blood product or blood derivative unless it has been subjected to a test under sub. (1m) and the test has yielded a negative result for the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV.

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