S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-80.G

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 61-80.G - Use of Stored Specimen

1. Stored blood specimens may be released for the purposes of confidential, anonymous scientific study unless prohibited by the parent, legal guardian, or child from whom the specimen was obtained when he/she is eighteen years of age or older.

2. The Department's Institutional Review Board shall approve all scientific studies that use stored blood specimens before the specimens are released.

3. Blood specimens released for scientific study shall not contain information that may be used to determine the identity of the children from whom they were obtained by the person(s) to whom the specimens are released. The Department shall code the specimens before releasing them so that the Department can identify the children from whom the blood specimens were obtained if necessary.

4. If any such scientific study identifies genetic or other information that may benefit the children from whom the specimens were obtained, the Department may confidentially provide this information to the parents, legal guardians or children from whom the specimens were obtained when the children are eighteen years of age or older.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-80.G