Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 368v or 378 of the general statutes, a person performing apheresis on a healthy donor for the purpose of collecting blood or blood components need not be licensed pursuant to chapter 378 of the general statutes, provided such person performs such procedure in accordance with federal and state regulations. For the purposes of this section, (1) "apheresis" means a process by which blood is drawn from a donor and separated into its components, one or more of which is retained, with the remainder returned to the donor, and (2) "donor" means a person who (A) donates blood or blood components for therapeutic use or further manufacturing use, or (B) presents as a potential candidate for such donation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-NEW