Title: Section 52-8.1 - Definitions

52-8.1 Definitions. As used in this Part:

(a) Anonymous donor means a donor whose identity is unknown to the recipient.

(b) Artificial insemination means the placement of semen within the body of a recipient.

(c) Assisted reproductive procedure means a medical procedure intended to result in conception, including, but not limited to,
in vitrofertilization (including intracytoplasmic sperm injection), embryo transfer and gamete intrafallopian transfer.

(d) Client-depositor means an individual who deposits reproductive tissue prior to intended or potential use in artificial insemination or assisted reproductive procedures performed solely on themself or their regular sexual partner.

(e) Directed donor means a donor who is known to the recipient and who directs his or her reproductive tissue for use by a particular recipient. This includes a man providing semen to a surrogate, but who is not the regular sexual partner of the recipient.

(f) Donor means a person who provides reproductive tissue for use in artificial insemination or assisted reproductive procedures performed on recipients other than that person or that person's regular sexual partner, and includes directed donors.

(g) Reproductive tissue bank means a facility which acquires, processes, stores, distributes and/or releases reproductive tissue to an insemination/implantation site for use in artificial insemination or assisted reproductive procedures. Reproductive tissue banks include, but are not limited to semen banks, oocyte donation programs and embryo banks.

(h) Insemination/implantation site means a location at which artificial insemination or assisted reproductive procedures are performed, using reproductive tissue from anonymous donors, directed donors and/or client-depositors. Licensed insemination/implantation sites may undertake, without additional licensure, semen processing, limited to washing, concentrating and storing of semen from patients of physicians associated with the licensed insemination/implantation sites or the patients' regular sexual partners, as well as limited semen storage (less than six months' duration).

(i) Recipient means a woman who receives reproductive tissue from a donor or client-depositor.

(j) Semen processing facility means a tissue processing facility that processes semen for use by other licensed reproductive tissue banks and insemination/implantation sites.