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Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 333. Health § 333.16274

Current as of February 09, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

Sec. 16274. (1) A licensee or registrant shall not engage in or attempt to engage in human cloning.

(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit scientific research or cell-based therapies not specifically prohibited by that subsection.

(3) A licensee or registrant who violates subsection (1) is subject to the administrative penalties prescribed in sections 16221 and 16226  1 and to the civil penalty prescribed in section 16275.  2

(4) This section does not give a person a private right of action.

(5) As used in this section:

(a) “Human cloning” means the use of human somatic cell nuclear transfer technology to produce a human embryo.

(b) “Human embryo” means a human egg cell with a full genetic composition capable of differentiating and maturing into a complete human being.

(c) “Human somatic cell” means a cell of a developing or fully developed human being that is not and will not become a sperm or egg cell.

(d) “Human somatic cell nuclear transfer” means transferring the nucleus of a human somatic cell into an egg cell from which the nucleus has been removed or rendered inert.

1 M.C.L.A. §§ 333.16221 and 333.16226.
2 M.C.L.A. § 333.16275.
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