POWER OF ATTORNEY

          Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes  and  appoints each of Judi Irving,  Chief  Executive
Officer,  David  Fractor,  Chief  Financial  Officer,  and  JoAnn
Stover, Corporate Secretary, signing singly, as the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     (a)  execute  for and on behalf of the undersigned,  in  the
          undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
          HemaCare Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and  5
          in  accordance  with Section 16(a)  of  the  Securities
          Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

     (b)  execute and submit for and on behalf of the undersigned
          Form  ID  of the Securities and Exchange Commission  to
          obtain  personal code numbers for the electronic filing
          of reports;

     (c)  execute  for and on behalf of the undersigned  Schedule
          13D  or  Schedule  13G,  or any amendment  thereto,  in
          accordance   with  Section  13(d)  of  the   Securities
          Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

     (d)  do  and  perform any and all acts for and on behalf  of
          the  undersigned that may be necessary or desirable  to
          complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, Form  ID,
          or  Schedule  13D  or  13G, complete  and  execute  any
          amendment  or  amendments thereto, and file  such  form
          with   the   United  States  Securities  and   Exchange
          Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
          and

     (e)  take  any  other  action  of  any  type  whatsoever  in
          connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion  of
          such  attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit  to,  in  the
          interest  of,  or legally required by, the undersigned,
          it being understood that the documents executed by such
          attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned  pursuant
          to  this  Power of Attorney shall be in such  form  and
          shall  contain  such  terms  and  conditions  as   such
          attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
          discretion.

          The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-
fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and  thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be  done
in  the  exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted,
as  fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could  do  if personally present, with full power of substitution
or  revocation,  hereby ratifying and confirming  all  that  such
attorney-in-fact,  or  such  attorney-in-fact's   substitute   or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by  virtue  of
this  Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The  undersigned  acknowledges that the  foregoing  attorneys-in-
fact,  in  serving  in  such  capacity  at  the  request  of  the
undersigned,  are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,  any
of  the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section  16
or Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

          This  Power of Attorney shall remain in full force  and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file  Forms
3,  4  and  5  or  Schedule  13D  or  13G  with  respect  to  the
undersigned's  holdings of and transactions in securities  issued
by  the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned  in  a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

          IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, the undersigned has  caused  this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 8th day of May, 2003.

/s/ Andrew Heaton
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Andrew Heaton
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