A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW persons 16 AND 17 YEARs of age TO GIVE OR DONATE BLOOD WITH WRITTEN PARENTAL CONSENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 130A‑412.31 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A‑412.31.  Giving of blood by persons 16 years of age or more.
(a)	A person who is 16 or 17 years of age may give or donate blood to an individual, hospital, blood bank, or blood collection center with the written consent of the parent or parents or guardian of the donor.
(b)	A person who is 18 years of age or more may give or donate blood to an individual, hospital, blood bank or blood collection center without the consent of the parent or parents or guardian of the donor. 
(c)	It is unlawful for a person under the age of 18 years to sell blood."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.