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As used in this section:\n(a) The definitions in section 581-102 of the family court act shall apply.\n(b) 'Payment' means any type of monetary compensation or other valuable consideration including but not limited to a rebate, refund, commission, unearned discount, or profit by means of credit or other valuable consideration.\n(c) 'Surrogacy program' does not include any party to a surrogacy agreement or any person licensed to practice law and representing a party to the surrogacy agreement, but does include and is not limited to any agency, agent, business, or individual engaged in, arranging, or facilitating transactions contemplated by a surrogacy agreement, regardless of whether such agreement ultimately comports with the requirements of part four of article five-C of the family court act. Any person licensed to practice law shall be deemed a surrogacy program only in those cases where such person is providing matching services to the intended parent or parents and the person acting as a surrogate.