Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall mean:

(a) Blood/blood product refers to human blood, processed or unprocessed and includes blood components, its products and derivatives;

(b) Blood bank/center a laboratory or institution with the capability to recruit and screen blood donors, collect, process, store, transport and issue blood for transfusion and provide information and/or education on blood transfusion transmissible diseases;

(c) Commercial blood bank a blood bank that exists for profit;

(d) Hospital-based blood bank a blood bank which is located within the premises of a hospital and which can perform compatibility testing of blood;

(e) Blood collection unit an institution or facility duly authorized by the Department of Health to recruit and screen donors and collect blood;

(f) Voluntary blood donor one who donates blood on one's own volition or initiative and without monetary compensation;

(g) Department the Department of Health;

(h) Blood transfusion transmissible diseases - diseases which may be transmitted as a result of blood transfusion, including AIDS, Hepatitis-B, Malaria and Syphilis;

(i) Secretary of Health the Secretary of Health or any other person to whom the Secretary delegates the responsibility of carrying out the provisions of this Act; and

(j) Walking Blood Donor an individual included in the list of qualified voluntary blood donors referred to in Section 4, paragraph (e), who is ready to donate blood when needed in his/ her community.