---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300cc–19"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300cc–19"
heading: "National blood resource education program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300cc-19"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter XXI — Research with Respect to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome"
  - "Part B — Research Authority"
---

# §300cc–19. National blood resource education program


After consultation with the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Commissioner of Food and [Drugs](/usc/42/11851.md?p=4), the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall establish a [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) of research and education regarding blood donations and transfusions to maintain and improve the safety of the blood supply. Education [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) shall be directed at health professionals, patients, and the community to—

- (1) in the case of the public and patients undergoing [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11)—
  - (A) increase awareness that the process of donating blood is safe;
  - (B) promote the concept that blood donors are contributors to a national need to maintain an adequate and safe blood supply;
  - (C) encourage blood donors to donate more than once a year; and
  - (D) encourage repeat blood donors to recruit new donors;
- (2) in the case of health professionals—
  - (A) improve knowledge, attitudes, and skills of health professionals in the appropriate use of blood and blood components;
  - (B) increase the awareness and understanding of health professionals regarding the risks versus benefits of blood transfusion; and
  - (C) encourage health professionals to consider alternatives to the administration of blood or blood components for their patients; and
- (3) in the case of the community, increase coordination, communication, and collaboration among community, professional, industry, and government organizations regarding blood donation and transfusion issues.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXIII, § 2319, as added Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 201(4), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3074.)