[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 7]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR610.41]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
          DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 610--GENERAL BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart E--Hepatitis Requirements
 
Sec. 610.41  History of hepatitis B surface antigen.

    A person known to have previously tested positive for hepatitis B 
surface antigen, testing positive, or both, may not serve as a donor of 
human blood, plasma, or serum, except that under Sec. 640.120 of this 
chapter, such a donor may serve as a source of hepatitis B surface 
antigen for the manufacture of hepatitis B vaccine or the preparation of 
a diagnostic product for laboratory tests, or a person known to have 
previously tested positive for hepatitis B surface antigen may serve as 
a source of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen for the preparation 
of a biological product or a diagnostic product for laboratory tests.

[48 FR 23182, May 24, 1983, as amended at 57 FR 10814, Mar. 31, 1992]