# The Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005, Paragraph 1: Acceptance criteria for donors of whole blood and blood components

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Under exceptional circumstances, individual donations from donors who do not comply with following criteria may be authorised by a qualified healthcare professional in the blood establishment. All such cases must be clearly documented and subject to—
(a) in relation to Great Britain, the requirements in regulation 7;
(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, the quality management provisions in Articles 11, 12, and 13 of Directive 2002/98/EC.
The criteria in this paragraph do not apply to autologous donations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/50/schedule/part/3/paragraph/1n3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/blood-safety-and-quality-regulations-2005/schedule/part-3/paragraph-1n3
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