NRS 629.260 Assisted reproduction: Written agreement required for provision of reproductive material to patient by health care facility; civil penalty and certain notification for violation.
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NRS 629.260 Assisted reproduction: Written agreement required for provision of reproductive material to patient by health care facility; civil penalty and certain notification for violation.
1. A health care facility shall not provide a patient with human reproductive material for assisted reproduction except in accordance with any written agreement entered into between:
(a)The health care facility and the patient; and
(b)The health care facility and the donor.
2. A health care facility that violates the provisions of this section is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation. This penalty must be recovered in a civil action, brought in the name of the State of Nevada by the Attorney General. In such an action, the Attorney General may recover reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. If a civil penalty is imposed against a health care facility for violating the provisions of this section, the Attorney General shall, within 30 days after the imposition of the civil penalty, notify:
(a)The Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division of the Nevada Health Authority, if the violation was committed by a medical facility or medical laboratory.
(b)The occupational licensing board responsible for licensing the provider of health care who oversees an unlicensed health care facility, if the violation was committed by a health care facility that is not a medical facility or medical laboratory.
3. As used in this section:
(a)“Assisted reproduction” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 126.510 .
(b)“Health care facility” means a medical facility, sperm bank, laboratory, clinic or office of a provider of health care that provides services relating to assisted reproduction.
(c)“Human reproductive material” means a gamete or human organism at any stage of development from fertilized ovum to embryo.
(d)“Medical facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0151 .
(e)“Medical laboratory” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 652.060 .
(f)“Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.975 .
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