(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Assisted reproductive technology” means a treatment or procedure involving the handling of a human egg, sperm, or embryo outside of the body with the intent of facilitating a pregnancy, including:(A) Artificial insemination;(B) Intrauterine insemination;(C) In vitro fertilization;(D) Gamete intrafallopian fertilization;(E) Zygote intrafallopian fertilization;(F) Egg, embryo, or sperm cryopreservation; and(G) Egg, sperm, or embryo donation;(2) (A) “Fertility awareness-based methods” means modern, evidence-based methods of tracking the menstrual cycle through observable biological signs in a woman, such as body temperature, cervical fluid, or hormone production in the reproductive system, including luteinizing hormone and estrogen.(B) “Fertility awareness-based methods” includes without limitation:(i) Fertility education and medical management;(ii) The symptothermal method;(iii) The Creighton Model FertilityCare System; and(iv) The Billings Ovulation Method;(3) “Fertility education and medical management” means the program developed in collaboration with the Reproductive Health Research Institute for medical research, protocols, and medical training for healthcare professionals in order to enable the clinical application of research advances in reproductive endocrinology, by providing education for women about their bodies and hormonal health and medical support, as appropriate;(4) “Infertility” means a symptom of an underlying disease or condition within a person's body that makes successfully conceiving and carrying a child to term difficult or impossible, which is diagnosed after:(A) Twelve (12) months of sexual intercourse without the use of a chemical, barrier, or other contraceptive method for women under thirty-five (35) years of age; or(B) Six (6) months of targeted sexual intercourse without the use of a chemical, barrier, or other contraceptive method for women who are thirty-five (35) years of age and older, when conception should otherwise be possible;(5) “Natural procreative technology” means an approach to health care that monitors and maintains a woman's reproductive and gynecological health, including laparoscopic gynecologic surgery to reconstruct the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, or other organ structures to eliminate endometriosis and other reproductive health conditions;(6) “Reproductive health condition” means a health condition that makes successfully conceiving a child difficult to impossible when conception should otherwise be possible, including without limitation:(A) Endometriosis;(B) Adenomyosis;(C) Polycystic ovary syndrome;(D) Uterine fibroids;(E) Blocked fallopian tubes;(F) Hormonal imbalances;(G) Hyperprolactinemia;(H) Thyroid conditions; and(I) Ovulation dysfunctions;(7) “Restorative reproductive health” means a scientific approach to reproductive medicine that seeks to cooperate with or restore the normal physiology and anatomy of the human reproductive system, including without limitation:(A) Body literacy programs that incorporate science-based charting methods;(B) Teacher-led reproductive health education;(C) Restorative reproductive medicine;(D) Natural procreative technology;(E) Fertility awareness-based methods; and(F) Fertility education and medical management; and(8) (A) “Restorative reproductive medicine” means a scientific approach to reproductive medicine that seeks to cooperate with or restore the normal physiology and anatomy of the human reproductive system without the use of methods that are inherently suppressive, circumventive, or destructive to natural human functions.(B) “Restorative reproductive medicine” includes:(i) Ultrasounds;(ii) Blood tests;(iii) Hormone panels;(iv) Laparoscopic and exploratory surgeries;(v) Examinations of a patient's overall health and lifestyle;(vi) Elimination of environmental endocrine disruptors;(vii) Assessment of the health and fertility of a patient's partner;(viii) Natural procreative technology;(ix) Fertility awareness-based methods; and(x) Fertility education and medical management.
(1) “Assisted reproductive technology” means a treatment or procedure involving the handling of a human egg, sperm, or embryo outside of the body with the intent of facilitating a pregnancy, including:(A) Artificial insemination;(B) Intrauterine insemination;(C) In vitro fertilization;(D) Gamete intrafallopian fertilization;(E) Zygote intrafallopian fertilization;(F) Egg, embryo, or sperm cryopreservation; and(G) Egg, sperm, or embryo donation;
(A) Artificial insemination;
(B) Intrauterine insemination;
(C) In vitro fertilization;
(D) Gamete intrafallopian fertilization;
(E) Zygote intrafallopian fertilization;
(F) Egg, embryo, or sperm cryopreservation; and
(G) Egg, sperm, or embryo donation;
(2) (A) “Fertility awareness-based methods” means modern, evidence-based methods of tracking the menstrual cycle through observable biological signs in a woman, such as body temperature, cervical fluid, or hormone production in the reproductive system, including luteinizing hormone and estrogen.(B) “Fertility awareness-based methods” includes without limitation:(i) Fertility education and medical management;(ii) The symptothermal method;(iii) The Creighton Model FertilityCare System; and(iv) The Billings Ovulation Method;
(A) “Fertility awareness-based methods” means modern, evidence-based methods of tracking the menstrual cycle through observable biological signs in a woman, such as body temperature, cervical fluid, or hormone production in the reproductive system, including luteinizing hormone and estrogen.
(B) “Fertility awareness-based methods” includes without limitation:(i) Fertility education and medical management;(ii) The symptothermal method;(iii) The Creighton Model FertilityCare System; and(iv) The Billings Ovulation Method;
(i) Fertility education and medical management;
(ii) The symptothermal method;
(iii) The Creighton Model FertilityCare System; and
(iv) The Billings Ovulation Method;
(3) “Fertility education and medical management” means the program developed in collaboration with the Reproductive Health Research Institute for medical research, protocols, and medical training for healthcare professionals in order to enable the clinical application of research advances in reproductive endocrinology, by providing education for women about their bodies and hormonal health and medical support, as appropriate;
(4) “Infertility” means a symptom of an underlying disease or condition within a person's body that makes successfully conceiving and carrying a child to term difficult or impossible, which is diagnosed after:(A) Twelve (12) months of sexual intercourse without the use of a chemical, barrier, or other contraceptive method for women under thirty-five (35) years of age; or(B) Six (6) months of targeted sexual intercourse without the use of a chemical, barrier, or other contraceptive method for women who are thirty-five (35) years of age and older, when conception should otherwise be possible;
(A) Twelve (12) months of sexual intercourse without the use of a chemical, barrier, or other contraceptive method for women under thirty-five (35) years of age; or
(B) Six (6) months of targeted sexual intercourse without the use of a chemical, barrier, or other contraceptive method for women who are thirty-five (35) years of age and older, when conception should otherwise be possible;
(5) “Natural procreative technology” means an approach to health care that monitors and maintains a woman's reproductive and gynecological health, including laparoscopic gynecologic surgery to reconstruct the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, or other organ structures to eliminate endometriosis and other reproductive health conditions;
(6) “Reproductive health condition” means a health condition that makes successfully conceiving a child difficult to impossible when conception should otherwise be possible, including without limitation:(A) Endometriosis;(B) Adenomyosis;(C) Polycystic ovary syndrome;(D) Uterine fibroids;(E) Blocked fallopian tubes;(F) Hormonal imbalances;(G) Hyperprolactinemia;(H) Thyroid conditions; and(I) Ovulation dysfunctions;
(A) Endometriosis;
(B) Adenomyosis;
(C) Polycystic ovary syndrome;
(D) Uterine fibroids;
(E) Blocked fallopian tubes;
(F) Hormonal imbalances;
(G) Hyperprolactinemia;
(H) Thyroid conditions; and
(I) Ovulation dysfunctions;
(7) “Restorative reproductive health” means a scientific approach to reproductive medicine that seeks to cooperate with or restore the normal physiology and anatomy of the human reproductive system, including without limitation:(A) Body literacy programs that incorporate science-based charting methods;(B) Teacher-led reproductive health education;(C) Restorative reproductive medicine;(D) Natural procreative technology;(E) Fertility awareness-based methods; and(F) Fertility education and medical management; and
(A) Body literacy programs that incorporate science-based charting methods;
(B) Teacher-led reproductive health education;
(C) Restorative reproductive medicine;
(D) Natural procreative technology;
(E) Fertility awareness-based methods; and
(F) Fertility education and medical management; and
(8) (A) “Restorative reproductive medicine” means a scientific approach to reproductive medicine that seeks to cooperate with or restore the normal physiology and anatomy of the human reproductive system without the use of methods that are inherently suppressive, circumventive, or destructive to natural human functions.(B) “Restorative reproductive medicine” includes:(i) Ultrasounds;(ii) Blood tests;(iii) Hormone panels;(iv) Laparoscopic and exploratory surgeries;(v) Examinations of a patient's overall health and lifestyle;(vi) Elimination of environmental endocrine disruptors;(vii) Assessment of the health and fertility of a patient's partner;(viii) Natural procreative technology;(ix) Fertility awareness-based methods; and(x) Fertility education and medical management.
(A) “Restorative reproductive medicine” means a scientific approach to reproductive medicine that seeks to cooperate with or restore the normal physiology and anatomy of the human reproductive system without the use of methods that are inherently suppressive, circumventive, or destructive to natural human functions.
(B) “Restorative reproductive medicine” includes:(i) Ultrasounds;(ii) Blood tests;(iii) Hormone panels;(iv) Laparoscopic and exploratory surgeries;(v) Examinations of a patient's overall health and lifestyle;(vi) Elimination of environmental endocrine disruptors;(vii) Assessment of the health and fertility of a patient's partner;(viii) Natural procreative technology;(ix) Fertility awareness-based methods; and(x) Fertility education and medical management.
(i) Ultrasounds;
(ii) Blood tests;
(iii) Hormone panels;
(iv) Laparoscopic and exploratory surgeries;
(v) Examinations of a patient's overall health and lifestyle;
(vi) Elimination of environmental endocrine disruptors;
(vii) Assessment of the health and fertility of a patient's partner;
(viii) Natural procreative technology;
(ix) Fertility awareness-based methods; and
(x) Fertility education and medical management.