Fertility treatment abuse

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-13-212 — under Assault and Battery.

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-13-212

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Healthcare provider” means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of the practice of his or her profession;(2) “Human reproductive material” means the same as defined in § 5-37-220; and(3) “Unauthorized” means that a person receiving human reproductive material in an assisted reproduction procedure has not expressly consented to the use of the human reproductive material.

(1) “Healthcare provider” means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of the practice of his or her profession;

(2) “Human reproductive material” means the same as defined in § 5-37-220; and

(3) “Unauthorized” means that a person receiving human reproductive material in an assisted reproduction procedure has not expressly consented to the use of the human reproductive material.

(b) A person commits fertility treatment abuse if the person is a healthcare provider who, in the course of performing an assisted reproduction procedure on a person, knowingly uses unauthorized human reproductive material.

(c) Fertility treatment abuse is a Class B felony.