Cap. 483 чл. 7Notice served on hospital blood banks.

(1) If the Licensing Authority is of the opinion that -

(a) the person responsible for management of a hospital blood bank has failed, in any material respect, to comply with the requirements of these articles; or

(b) the testing, storage or distribution of blood or blood components by the hospital blood bank is such that any blood or blood components cannot be safely administered for transfusion; or

(c) the information given by the person responsible for management of a hospital blood bank was false or incomplete in any material respect, the Licensing Authority may serve a notice on the person responsible for management of the hospital bank requiring that the hospital ceases to conduct any of this Activities specified in the notice, or refrains from administering to patients any blood or blood components specified in the notice, until the conditions set out in the notice are complied with.

(2) Any notice served by the Licensing Authority pursuant to subarticle (1) shall specify the date from which the prohibition specified in the notice shall take effect, which shall be not less than seven days from the date on which the notice is served: Provided that where the Licensing Authority considers that it is necessary in the interests of safety, it may specify in the notice that the prohibition takes immediate effect.

(b) the hospital blood bank is able to show that the activity or product referred to in the notice given pursuant to subarticle (1)(b) may be safely carried out or, as the case may be, administered; or

(c) all necessary information has been supplied to the Licensing Authority.