§ 714I.2 — Definitions

Iowa § 714I.2

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XVI: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Ch. 714I: FRAUD IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTION ACT

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For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Assisted reproduction” means a method of causing pregnancy other than sexual
intercourse involving medical or scientific intervention.
2. “Donor” means an individual who provides gametes intended for use in assisted
reproduction, whether or not for consideration.
3. “Gamete” means a sperm, an egg, or any part of a sperm or an egg.
4. “Health care professional” means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise
authorized or permitted by the law of this state to administer health care in the ordinary
course of business or in the practice of a profession.
5. “Health facility” means a hospital, clinic, sperm bank, laboratory, or other health care
institution involved in the assisted reproduction process.
6. “Human reproductive material” means a human gamete or a human organism at any
stage of development from fertilized ovum to embryo.
7. “Live birth” means the same as defined in section 144.1.
8. “Patient” means a person who has received or is receiving health services from a health
care professional.
9. “Spouse” means the spouse of a patient who undergoes assisted reproduction at the
time of conception, birth, or at any time during the period between conception and birth of a
child through assisted reproduction.