§ 125350

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 483, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2007.

No human oocyte or embryo shall be acquired, sold, offered for sale, received, or otherwise transferred for valuable consideration for the purposes of medical research or development of medical therapies. For purposes of this section, “valuable consideration” does not include reasonable payment for the removal, processing, disposal, preservation, quality control, and storage of oocytes or embryos.

Other sections in Chapter 2 - Procuring of Oocytes for Research

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