2018 California Code
Health and Safety Code - HSC
DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 4.2 - Donations of Organs, Tissues,or Body Fluids
Section 1644.2.
(a) A gamete bank licensed in this state that collects gametes from a donor shall do both of the following:
(1) Provide the donor with information in a record about the donor’s choice regarding identity disclosure.
(2) Obtain a declaration from the donor regarding identity disclosure.
(b) A gamete bank licensed in this state shall give a donor the choice to sign a declaration, attested by a notary or witnessed, that does either of the following:
(1) States that the donor agrees to disclose his or her identity to a child conceived by assisted reproduction with the donor’s gametes, on request, once the child attains 18 years of age.
(2) States that the donor does not agree presently to disclose the donor’s identity to the child.
(c) A gamete bank licensed in this state shall permit a donor who has signed a declaration under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) to withdraw the declaration at any time by signing a declaration under paragraph (1) of subdivision (b).
(d) This section shall apply only to gametes collected on or after January 1, 2020.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 876, Sec. 69. (AB 2684) Effective January 1, 2019.)
