Ark. Code § 5-37-220

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 5-37-220 - Fertility treatment fraud
(a) As used in this section:
(1) "Fertility treatment" means a treatment for infertility, pregnancy, surrogacy, or childbearing; and
(2) "Human reproductive material" means:
(A) A human spermatozoon or ovum; or
(B) A human organism at any stage of development from fertilized ovum to embryo.
(b) A person commits the offense of fertility treatment fraud if the person, with the purpose to defraud a person undergoing fertility treatment, misrepresents the:
(1) Identity of a person who has donated or is donating human reproductive material to the person undergoing fertility treatment; or
(2) Quality of the:
(A) Human reproductive material used in the fertility treatment; or
(B) Fertility treatment procedure.
(c) Fertility treatment fraud is a Class C felony.

Ark. Code § 5-37-220

Added by Act 2021, No. 609,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2021.