(a) As used in this section: (1) "Healthcare provider" means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of the practice of his or her profession; (2) "Human reproductive material" means the same as defined in § 5-37-220 ; and (3) "Unauthorized" means that a person receiving human reproductive material in an assisted reproduction procedure has not expressly consented to the use of the human reproductive material. (b) A person commits fertility treatment abuse if the person is a healthcare provider who, in the course of performing an assisted reproduction procedure on a person, knowingly uses unauthorized human reproductive material. (c) Fertility treatment abuse is a Class B felony. Added by Act 2021, No. 609,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Healthcare provider" means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of the practice of his or her profession; (2) "Human reproductive material" means the same as defined in § 5-37-220 ; and (3) "Unauthorized" means that a person receiving human reproductive material in an assisted reproduction procedure has not expressly consented to the use of the human reproductive material. (b) A person commits fertility treatment abuse if the person is a healthcare provider who, in the course of performing an assisted reproduction procedure on a person, knowingly uses unauthorized human reproductive material. (c) Fertility treatment abuse is a Class B felony. Added by Act 2021, No. 609,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Healthcare provider" means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of the practice of his or her profession; (2) "Human reproductive material" means the same as defined in § 5-37-220 ; and (3) "Unauthorized" means that a person receiving human reproductive material in an assisted reproduction procedure has not expressly consented to the use of the human reproductive material. (b) A person commits fertility treatment abuse if the person is a healthcare provider who, in the course of performing an assisted reproduction procedure on a person, knowingly uses unauthorized human reproductive material. (c) Fertility treatment abuse is a Class B felony. Added by Act 2021, No. 609,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Healthcare provider" means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of the practice of his or her profession; (2) "Human reproductive material" means the same as defined in § 5-37-220 ; and (3) "Unauthorized" means that a person receiving human reproductive material in an assisted reproduction procedure has not expressly consented to the use of the human reproductive material. (1) "Healthcare provider" means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of the practice of his or her profession; (2) "Human reproductive material" means the same as defined in § 5-37-220 ; and (3) "Unauthorized" means that a person receiving human reproductive material in an assisted reproduction procedure has not expressly consented to the use of the human reproductive material. (b) A person commits fertility treatment abuse if the person is a healthcare provider who, in the course of performing an assisted reproduction procedure on a person, knowingly uses unauthorized human reproductive material. (c) Fertility treatment abuse is a Class B felony.
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