2018 California Code
Health and Safety Code - HSC
DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 4.2 - Donations of Organs, Tissues,or Body Fluids
Section 1644.1.
(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a gamete bank licensed in this state shall collect and retain from a gamete donor the donor’s identifying information and medical information at the time of the donation. If the gamete bank sends the gametes of a donor to another gamete bank, the sending gamete bank shall forward any identifying information and medical information, including the donor’s signed declaration under Section 1644.2 regarding identity disclosure, to the receiving gamete bank and shall no longer be required to retain the information. A receiving gamete bank licensed in this state shall collect and retain the information about the donor and each sending gamete bank.
(2) A gamete bank obtaining gametes for the purpose of clinical utilization within one month from receipt shall not be considered a receiving gamete bank responsible for long-term retention of any identifying information or medical information other than what is typically documented in the medical record, and shall not be responsible for responding to any request under Section 1644.3 other than to identify the sending gamete bank.
(b) This section shall apply only to gametes collected on or after January 1, 2020.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 876, Sec. 68. (AB 2684) Effective January 1, 2019.)
