§ 4501. Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Health care practitioner” means an individual licensed by the Board of Medical Practice or the Office of Professional Regulation to provide professional health care services in this State.

(2)(A) “Stem cell and stem cell-related products” means any articles that contain or consist, or purport to contain or consist, of one or more of the following, when intended for implantation, transplantation, infusion, or transfer into a human recipient and when intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of any disease or condition based on or in connection with a proven or purported attribute of stem cells:

(i) human cells, including cells from tissues such as bone marrow; adipose tissue; amniotic membrane; umbilical cord blood, when not autologous or in a first- or second-degree relative; placenta; and other tissue or cell sources;

(ii) intracellular or extracellular components or vesicles; or

(iii) amniotic fluid.

(B) For purposes of this chapter, “stem cell and stem cell-related products” does not include the use of whole blood or blood products for routine transfusions or use of hematopoietic stem cells for reconstitution of bone marrow after treatment of blood-related cancers or diseases such as leukemias or lymphomas. (Added 2021, No. 61, § 1.)