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Current as of March 08, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A. Notwithstanding any other law, tax monies of this state or any political subdivision of this state, federal monies passing through the state treasury or the treasury of any political subdivision of this state or any other public monies shall not be used by any person or entity, including any state funded institution or facility, for human somatic cell nuclear transfer, commonly known as human cloning.
B. Notwithstanding any other law, public monies or tax monies of this state or any political subdivision of this state, any federal monies passing through the state treasury or the treasury of any political subdivision of this state or monies paid by students as part of tuition or fees to a state university or a community college shall not be expended or allocated for or granted to or on behalf of an existing or proposed research project that involves fetal remains from an abortion or human somatic cell nuclear transfer or any research that is prohibited by title 36, chapter 23. 1
C. This section does not restrict areas of scientific research that are not specifically prohibited by this section, including research in the use of nuclear transfer or other cloning techniques to produce molecules, deoxyribonucleic acid, cells other than human embryos, tissues, organs, plants or animals other than humans.
D. For the purposes of this section, “human somatic cell nuclear transfer” means human asexual reproduction that is accomplished by introducing the genetic material from one or more human somatic cells into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte whose nuclear material has been removed or inactivated so as to produce an organism, at any stage of development, that is genetically virtually identical to an existing or previously existing human organism.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arizona Revised Statutes Title 35. Public Finances § 35-196.04. Use of public monies prohibited; human cloning research involving fetal remains from abortion; other prohibited research; definition - last updated March 08, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/az/title-35-public-finances/az-rev-st-sect-35-196-04/
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