More teens soon can give blood: ; 16-year-olds will be eligible with consent
Charleston Daily Mail › June 04, 2009
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Red Cross chapters across West Virginia hope to benefit from a new law that will allow 16-year-olds to give blood as long as they have parental consent.
Currently in West Virginia, someone who is 17 or older can give blood without the permission of a parent or guardian. Twenty states, plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, now allow 16-year- olds to donate blood with parental consent.See the full content of this document
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More teens soon can give blood: ; 16-year-olds will be eligible with consent
West Virginia's law takes effect July 1.
Delegate Troy Andes, R-Putnam, helped to shepherd the bill through the House.He said he got in...See the full content of this document
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