(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.
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