Tribal Law - Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota - Tribal Law

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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

24.04.160 Implied Warranties; Exclusion of Sales of Blood, Blood Plasma, Human Tissue

or organs as medical services.

The implied warranties of merchantability and fitness shall not be applicable, so far as the transmission of certain infectious diseases such as viral hepatitis, cytomegalovirus, human immunodeficiency virus, malaria and syphilis, and potential immunologic reactions, which diseases and reactions cannot be detected by standard testing are concerned, to a contract for the sale of human blood, blood components, or other human tissue or organs from a blood bank or reservoir of such other tissue or organs. Blood, blood components or tissue or organs shall not for purposes of this article be considered commodities subject to sale or barter, but shall be considered as medical services.