Definitions.
Section 3
SEC. 3. Definitions. — For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall mean: Blood/blood product — refers to human blood, processed or unprocessed and includes blood components, its products and derivatives; 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; Commercial blood bank — a blood bank that exists for profit; Hospital-based blood bank — a blood bank which is located within the premises of a hospital and which can perform compatibility testing of blood; Blood collection unit — an institution or facility duly authorized by the Department of Health to recruit and screen donors and collect blood; Voluntary blood donor — one who donates blood on one's own volition or initiative and without monetary compensation; Department — the Department of Health; Blood transfusion transmissible diseases - diseases which may be transmitted as a result of blood transfusion, including AIDS, Hepatitis-B, Malaria and Syphilis; 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 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.