R.C. § 2907.13 Fraudulent Assisted Reproduction

• Library: Ohio Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from 2024 received as of February 15, 2024.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: R.C. § 2907.13

(A) As used in this section:

(1) "Human reproductive material" means:

(a) Human spermatozoa or ova;

(b) A human organism at any stage of development from fertilized ovum to embryo.

(2) "Assisted reproduction" means a method of causing pregnancy other than through sexual intercourse including all of the following:

(a) Intrauterine insemination;

(b) Human reproductive material donation;

(c) In vitro fertilization and transfer of embryos;

(d) Intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

(3) "Donor" means an individual who provides human reproductive material to a health care professional to be used for assisted reproduction, regardless of whether the human reproductive material is provided for consideration. The term does not include any of the following:

(a) A husband or a wife who provides human reproductive material to be used for assisted reproduction by the wife;

(b) A woman who gives birth to a child by means of assisted reproduction;

(c) An unmarried man who, with the intent to be the father of the resulting child, provides human reproductive material to be used for assisted reproduction by an unmarried woman.

(4) "Health care professional" means any of the following:

(a) A physician;

(b) An advanced practice registered nurse;

(c) A certified nurse practitioner;

(d) A clinical nurse specialist;

(e) A physician's assistant;

(f) A certified nurse-midwife.

(B) No health care professional shall, in connection with an assisted reproduction procedure, knowingly do any of the following:

(1) Use human reproductive material from the health care provider, donor, or any other person while performing the procedure if the patient receiving the procedure has not expressly consented to the use of that material.