§ 24185
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(a)No person shall clone a human being or engage in human reproductive cloning.
(b)No person shall purchase or sell an ovum, zygote, embryo, or fetus for the purpose of cloning a human being.
(c)For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1)“Clone” means the practice of creating or attempting to create a human being by transferring the nucleus from a human cell from whatever source into a human or nonhuman egg cell from which the nucleus has been removed for the purpose of, or to implant, the resulting product to initiate a pregnancy that could result in the birth of a human being.
(2)“Department” means the State Department of Health Services.
(3)“Human reproductive cloning” means the creation of a human fetus that is substantially genetically identical to a previously born human being. The department may adopt, interpret, and update regulations, as necessary, for purposes of more precisely defining the procedures that constitute human reproductive cloning.