Current through Register 1533, October 25, 2024
Section 960.006 - Purchase, Sale, Transfer, Receipt and Donation of Embryos, Human Gametes or Cadaveric Tissue(A) No person shall knowingly and for valuable consideration, purchase, sell, transfer or otherwise obtain embryos, human gametes or cadaveric tissue for research purposes.(B) Persons may bank or donate their gametes for personal future use and may donate their gametes to another person or may donate their gametes for research.(C) Persons from whose cells a pre-implantation embryo has originated or will originate may donate such pre-implantation embryo or cells to another person for research: (1) In the absence of valuable consideration;(2) After the fulfillment of the requirements of informed consent;(3) Provided that the pre-implantation embryo, if created by the method of fertilization, was not knowingly created with the sole intent of donating the resultant embryo for research; and(4) Provided that the recipient of the pre-implantation embryo shall use the extant or resultant pre-implantation embryo in biomedical research and shall not transfer the pre-implantation embryo to a uterus or uterine-like environment or nurture the pre-implantation embryo beyond 14 days of development.