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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 26, HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS
Chapter 2a: Program to collect, process, store and distribute; educational and research activities; rules; cooperation
Section: 26:2a-24: Definitions relative to embryo storage facilities.
2. As used in this act:
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health.
"Department" means the Department of Health.
"Embryo storage facility" means a facility which cryopreserves and stores human eggs, pre-embryos, and embryos for later use in in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer, gamete transfer, pronuclear stage transfer and zygote transfer, and other procedures performed to achieve a pregnancy or pregnancies. Embryo storage facility shall also include the office of a licensed health care provider which stores human eggs, pre-embryos, or embryos.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, company, association, organization, society, firm, partnership, joint stock company, or the State or any political subdivision thereof.
L.2019, c.268, s.2.
This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2019-12-11 17:25:07.
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