2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 40:1299.36.6 — Use of health facility or agency for human cloning prohibited; penalties
§1299.36.6. Use of health facility or agency for human cloning prohibited; penalties
A. A health facility or agency shall not allow any individual to clone or attempt to clone a human being in a facility owned or operated by the health facility or agency.
B. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a health facility or agency from allowing an individual from engaging in scientific research or a cell-based therapy not specifically prohibited by this Part.
C. A health facility or agency that violates this Section shall be subject to administrative penalties provided by law for that facility or agency and to a fine of ten million dollars and loss of each license granted by law to the facility or agency.
D. A fine collected under this Section shall be deposited into the state treasury.
E. This Section does not give a person a private right of action.
Acts 1999, No. 788, §1.
NOTE: Acts 1999, No. 788, §3, provides that the provisions of the Act become null and void on July 1, 2003.
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