Fertility fraud; penalties; notice of conviction to professional licensing board.

NRS

200.975

Fertility fraud; penalties; notice of conviction to professional licensing board.

1. A provider of health care who, in rendering services for assisted reproduction:

(a) Knowingly implants his or her own human reproductive material in a patient without the express consent of the patient is guilty of fertility fraud.

(b) Knowingly uses or provides a patient with human reproductive material other than the human reproductive material the patient expressly consented to the use or receipt of is guilty of fertility fraud.

2. Unless a greater penalty is provided by statute, a person convicted of the crime of fertility fraud is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.

3. Upon conviction of a person for the crime of fertility fraud, the Attorney General shall give notice of the conviction to each professional licensing board that has issued a license, certificate or registration to the person.

4. As used in this section, “provider of health care” means a physician or physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 , 630A or 633 of NRS or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under chapter 632 of NRS.

(Added to NRS by 2023, 1412 )