Section 26:2A-24 - Definitions relative to embryo storage facilities.

NJ Rev Stat § 26:2A-24 (2019) (N/A)
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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.