Nevada § 629.260 - Assisted reproduction: Written agreement required for provision of reproductive material to patient by health care facility; civil penalty and certain notification for violation

§ 629.260. Assisted reproduction: Written agreement required for provision of reproductive material to patient by health care facility; civil penalty and certain notification for violation

1. A health care facility shall not provide a patient with human reproductive material

for assisted reproduction except in accordance with any written agreement entered

into between: (a) The health care facility and the patient; and (b) The health care facility and the donor. 2. A health care facility that violates the provisions of this section is subject

to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation. This penalty must be recovered in a civil action, brought in the name of the State

of Nevada by the Attorney General. In such an action, the Attorney General may recover reasonable attorney's fees and

costs. If a civil penalty is imposed against a health care facility for violating the provisions

of this section, the Attorney General shall, within 30 days after the imposition of

the civil penalty, notify: (a) The Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human

Services, if the violation was committed by a medical facility or medical laboratory. (b) The occupational licensing board responsible for licensing the provider of health

care who oversees an unlicensed health care facility, if the violation was committed

by a health care facility that is not a medical facility or medical laboratory. 3. As used in this section: (a) “ Assisted reproduction ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 126.510 . (b) “ Health care facility ” means a medical facility, sperm bank, laboratory, clinic or office of a provider

of health care that provides services relating to assisted reproduction. (c) “ Human reproductive material ” means a gamete or human organism at any stage of development from fertilized ovum

to embryo. (d) “ Medical facility ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0151 . (e) “ Medical laboratory ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 652.060 . (f) “ Provider of health care ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.975 .