POWER OF ATTORNEY



              Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby

constitutes and appoints each of Judi Irving, Chief Executive 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 6th day of October, 2003.





/s/ Robert Chilton

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Robert Chilton















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