The Authority is responsible to:
- Regulate all aspects of blood transfusion throughout Punjab and ensure that processes related to collection, testing of human blood and blood components and to their preparation, storage, distribution, issuance and administration are undertaken only by institutions that have been licensed by relevant authorities and by professionals certified for that purpose. No substantial changes in functions shall be undertaken by a licensed institution without prior written approval by the PBTA.
- Register blood establishments, issue licenses, and renew licenses periodically, indicating which processes the establishments are entitled to perform. The Authority may suspend or revoke the license of a certain institution if an inspection or control measures demonstrate that it does not comply with the requirements set up.
- Prescribe minimum standards and specifications for registration and licensing, in the fulfilment of which the Authority may collaborate with other institutions/ professional bodies/ experts.
- Take all necessary measures to ensure that each blood center establishes and maintains a quality management system as defined by the Authority.
- Ensure that any serious adverse events related to the collection, testing, processing, storage and distribution, issuance and/ or administration of blood and blood components, which may have an influence on the quality and safety of blood and blood components or on donor and staff safety, as well as any serious adverse reactions observed in donors that may be attributed to the donation or in patients that may be attributed to the transfusion are notified to the Authority.
- Take all necessary measures to ensure that blood and blood components collected, tested, processed, stored, released, distributed and/or issued can be traced from donor to recipient and vice versa.
- Take all necessary measures to ensure that the system used for the labelling of blood and blood components complies with the identification system.
- Manage and report data for planning, implementation and evaluation of services.
- Take all necessary measures to ensure that access is provided to documents (operational procedures, guidelines, training, reference manuals and reporting forms) for officials entrusted with inspections and control measures.
- Hold regular meetings with the authorities designated by the provincial government, delegations of experts and other relevant parties to exchange information on the experience acquired with regard to the implementation of this Act.
- Set up minimum requirements for record keeping for blood establishments and keep records of the data received from the blood establishments with regard to registration and licensing, inspections, responsible person and notification of serious adverse reactions and events.
- Organize inspections and appropriate control measures in blood establishments, to make certain that the legal requirements are complied with. It is the exclusive competence of the Authority to organize inspections and control measures on a regular basis.
- Appoint Blood Transfusion Inspectors who will carry out functions assigned by the Authority in their territorial jurisdiction.