146.343 Donation of newborn umbilical cord blood.
(1) In this section, “hospital” has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (2).
(2) Notwithstanding s. 146.33, the principal prenatal health care provider of a woman who is known to be pregnant shall, before the woman's 35th week of pregnancy, offer her information on options to donate, to an accepting and accredited cord blood bank, blood bank, blood center, or plasma center, blood extracted from the umbilical cord of her newborn child, if the donation may be made without monetary expense for the collection or storage to the woman, to any 3rd-party payor of health care coverage for the woman, or to the hospital in which delivery occurs.
(4) No person may be held civilly liable for failure to comply, or for complying, with sub. (2).
History: 2005 a. 56; 2021 a. 239.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions.
146.0255 - Testing infants for controlled substances or controlled substance analogs.
146.0257 - Evaluation of infants for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
146.085 - Pay toilets prohibited.
146.22 - Flushing devices for urinals.
146.25 - Required implanting of microchip prohibited.
146.29 - Access to toilet facility in retail establishment.
146.31 - Blood or tissue transfer services.
146.34 - Donation of bone marrow by a minor.
146.343 - Donation of newborn umbilical cord blood.
146.345 - Sale of human organs prohibited.
146.348 - Reimbursement in cancer clinical trial programs.
146.35 - Female genital mutilation prohibited.
146.37 - Health care services review; civil immunity.
146.38 - Health care services review; confidentiality of information.
146.40 - Instructional programs for nurse aides; reporting client abuse.
146.60 - Notice of release of genetically engineered organisms into the environment.
146.615 - Advanced practice clinician training grants.
146.616 - Allied health professional education and training grants.
146.618 - Treatment program grants.
146.62 - Rural hospital loan program.
146.63 - Grants to establish graduate medical training programs.
146.64 - Grants to support graduate medical training programs.
146.65 - Rural health dental clinics.
146.66 - Low-income dental clinics.
146.68 - Grant for colposcopies and other services.
146.71 - Determination of death.
146.81 - Health care records; definitions.
146.815 - Contents of certain patient health care records.
146.816 - Uses and disclosures of protected health information.
146.817 - Preservation of fetal monitor tracings and microfilm copies.
146.819 - Preservation or destruction of patient health care records.
146.82 - Confidentiality of patient health care records.
146.83 - Access to patient health care records.
146.835 - Parents denied physical placement rights.
146.84 - Violations related to patient health care records.
146.87 - Federal registration numbers for prescribers of controlled substances.
146.89 - Volunteer health care provider program.
146.903 - Disclosures required of health care providers and hospitals.
146.905 - Reduction in fees prohibited.
146.91 - Long-term care insurance.