Senate Bill 389 Summary

• Allows persons ages 16 or 17 to give or donate blood with written parental consent to an individual, hospital, blood bank, or blood collection center.

• Permits persons age 18 and older to donate blood without parental consent.

• Maintains prohibition on selling blood for persons under age 18.

• Makes technical corrections to midwifery statutes effective October 1, 2023, including revisions to definitions of interconceptional care and prenatal care.

• Grants the joint subcommittee of the North Carolina Medical Board and Board of Nursing authority to adopt, amend, and repeal rules governing Certified Nurse Midwife home births and administering midwifery provisions.