                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACTION FOR IMPLIED WARRANTY IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFER OF BLOOD OR HUMAN TISSUE
(§ 32.1-297)

No action for implied warranty shall lie for the procurement, processing,
distribution or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives
and other human tissue such as corneas, bones, or organs for the purpose of
injecting, transfusing or transplanting any of them into the human body except
where any defects or impurities in the said whole blood, plasma, blood products,
blood derivatives and other human tissue such as corneas, bones, or organs are
detectable by the use of established medical and technological procedures
employed pursuant to the standards of local medical practice.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 32-364.2; 1968, c. 81; 1979, c. 711.