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Arkansas Code Title 5. Criminal Offenses § 5-37-220. Fertility treatment fraud

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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.

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