California Health and Safety Code

§ 1644.6

HSC § 1644.6 Effective Jan 1, 2013Div. 2 · Ch. 4.2

Statute text

(a)No physician and surgeon shall be subject to liability for damages for any cause of action based solely on the use of sperm donated by a sexually intimate partner of the recipient if both of the following conditions are met:

(1)The physician and surgeon provides insemination or assisted reproductive technology services and has obtained the informed consent of the recipient, who waives second or other repeat testing of the sexually intimate partner and acknowledges and accepts the risks of using sperm from a sexually intimate partner who has not undergone repeat testing, in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 1644.5.

(2)The physician and surgeon complies with the applicable requirements specified in Section 1644.5.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 699, Sec. 3. (AB 2356) Effective January 1, 2013.