Section 24185 Of Chapter 1.4. Human Cloning From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 1.4.
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. (a) No person shall clone a human being or engage in human
reproductive cloning.
(b) No person shall purchase or sell an ovum, zygote, embryo, or
fetus for the purpose of cloning a human being.
(c) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Clone" means the practice of creating or attempting to create
a human being by transferring the nucleus from a human cell from
whatever source into a human or nonhuman egg cell from which the
nucleus has been removed for the purpose of, or to implant, the
resulting product to initiate a pregnancy that could result in the
birth of a human being.
(2) "Department" means the State Department of Health Services.
(3) "Human reproductive cloning" means the creation of a human
fetus that is substantially genetically identical to a previously
born human being. The department may adopt, interpret, and update
regulations, as necessary, for purposes of more precisely defining
the procedures that constitute human reproductive cloning.