333.16275 Human cloning; prohibition; exception; violation; penalty; private right of action; 'human cloning' defined. Sec. 16275. (1) A licensee or registrant or other individual shall not engage in or attempt to engage in human cloning. (2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit scientific research or cell-based therapies not specifically prohibited by that subsection. (3) A licensee or registrant or other individual who violates subsection (1) is subject to a civil penalty of $10,000,000.00. A fine collected under this subsection shall be distributed in the same manner as penal fines are distributed in this state. (4) This section does not give a person a private right of action. (5) As used in this section, 'human cloning' means that term as defined in section 16274. History: Add. 1998, Act 109, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999 Popular Name: Act 368
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