Utah Code 76-7-402. Genetic material misuse
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(1) A health care provider may not knowingly use the health care provider’s own gamete, when providing assisted reproductive treatment to a patient, without the patient’s written consent.
Terms Used In Utah Code 76-7-402
- Assisted reproductive treatment: means a method of causing pregnancy by any means other than through sexual intercourse, including:(1)(a) intrauterine or intracervical insemination;(1)(b) donation of eggs or sperm;(1)(c) donation of embryos;(1)(d) in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer; and(1)(e) intracytoplasmic sperm injection. See Utah Code 76-7-401
- Gamete: means a cell containing a haploid complement of DNA that has the potential to form an embryo when combined with another gamete, including:
(2)(a) a sperm;(2)(b) an egg; or(2)(c) nuclear DNA from one individual combined with the:(2)(c)(i) cytoplasm of another individual; or(2)(c)(ii) cytoplasmic DNA of another individual. See Utah Code 76-7-401- Health care provider: means an individual listed in Subsection 78B-3-403(12). See Utah Code 76-7-401
(2) A health care provider who violates Subsection (1) is guilty of a third degree felony. - Gamete: means a cell containing a haploid complement of DNA that has the potential to form an embryo when combined with another gamete, including: