Cap. 483 ст. 10Specific epidemiological situations.

(1) Where the Licensing Authority is aware of a specific epidemiological situation, such as an outbreak of a disease, which may affect the safety of blood donations, and as a result of which it considers that specific deferral criteria for the collection of blood donations should be adopted, it shall notify:

(a) the blood establishments that those criteria must be adopted; and

(b) the Commission of the epidemiological situation and the additional deferral criteria which blood establishments are required to adopt in relation to it pursuant to paragraph (a).

(2) A blood establishment shall adopt and comply with any criteria for additional tests notified to them by the Licensing Authority pursuant to subarticle (1).