Ohio § 2108.31 No parental consent needed for blood donations

Ohio Statutes

§ 2108.31 — No parental consent needed for blood donations

Ohio § 2108.31

Title 21Courts-Probate-Juvenile

Ch. 2108Human Bodies Or Parts Thereof

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2108.31 (2026).

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Any person seventeen years of age or older  may, without consent of the person's parent or guardian, donate  blood in a voluntary blood program that is not operated for  profit. Any person sixteen years of age but less than seventeen  years of age may, with consent of the person's parent or guardian,  donate blood in a voluntary blood program that is not operated for  profit.

Before obtaining blood donations from students at high  schools, joint vocational schools, or technical schools, a blood  program shall arrange for the dissemination of written donation  information to students to be shared with their parents or  guardians. This information shall include a statement that the  students will be requested to donate blood.

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Any person seventeen years of age or older may, without consent of the person's parent or guardian, donate blood in a voluntary blood program that is not operated for profit. Any person sixteen years of age but less than seventeen years of age may, with consent of the person's parent or guardian, donate blood in a voluntary blood program that is not operated for profit.

Before obtaining blood donations from students at high schools, joint vocational schools, or technical schools, a blood program shall arrange for the dissemination of written donation information to students to be shared with their parents or guardians. This information shall include a statement that the students will be requested to donate blood.