California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 2 - Procuring of Oocytes for Research

• Section 125330.
  The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:(a) “Assisted oocyte production” or “AOP” means surgical extraction of oocytes following pharmaceutically induced manipulation of oocyte production through...
• Section 125335.
  (a) Prior to obtaining informed consent from a subject for AOP or any alternative method of ovarian retrieval on a subject for the purpose of procuring...
• Section 125340.
  (a) Prior to providing AOP or any alternative method of ovarian retrieval to a subject for the purposes of medical research or development of medical therapies,...
• Section 125341.
  An institutional review board (IRB) that reviews and approves medical and scientific research shall require all of the following of any research program or project...
• Section 125342.
  (a) A research program or project that involves AOP or any alternative method of oocyte retrieval shall ensure that a written record is established and maintained...
• Section 125343.
  Any employee who works in the unit conducting stem cell research using human oocytes, persons who report to, or are supervised by, the principal investigator...
• Section 125344.
  The physician and surgeon performing the AOP or any alternative method of oocyte retrieval shall not have a financial interest in the outcome of the...
• Section 125345.
  Pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, researchers shall offer subjects an opportunity to document their...
• Section 125346.
  Any procedures for procuring oocytes in this state for research or the development of medical therapies shall meet all of the standards for subjects included...
• Section 125350.
  No human oocyte or embryo shall be acquired, sold, offered for sale, received, or otherwise transferred for valuable consideration for the purposes of medical research...
• Section 125355.
  No payment in excess of the amount of reimbursement of direct expenses incurred as a result of the procedure shall be made to any subject...

Last modified: October 22, 2018