Ark. Code Ann. § 5-37-220: Fertility treatment fraud

(a) As used in this section: (1) "Fertility treatment" means a treatment for infertility, pregnancy, surrogacy, or childbearing; and (2) "Human reproductive material" means: (A) A human spermatozoon or ovum; or (B) A human organism at any stage of development from fertilized ovum to embryo. (b) A person commits the offense of fertility treatment fraud if the person, with the purpose to defraud a person undergoing fertility treatment, misrepresents the: (1) Identity of a person who has donated or is donating human reproductive material to the person undergoing fertility treatment; or (2) Quality of the: (A) Human reproductive material used in the fertility treatment; or (B) Fertility treatment procedure. (c) Fertility treatment fraud is a Class C felony. Added by Act 2021, No. 609,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2021.

(a) As used in this section: (1) "Fertility treatment" means a treatment for infertility, pregnancy, surrogacy, or childbearing; and (2) "Human reproductive material" means: (A) A human spermatozoon or ovum; or (B) A human organism at any stage of development from fertilized ovum to embryo.

(1) "Fertility treatment" means a treatment for infertility, pregnancy, surrogacy, or childbearing; and

(2) "Human reproductive material" means: (A) A human spermatozoon or ovum; or (B) A human organism at any stage of development from fertilized ovum to embryo.

(A) A human spermatozoon or ovum; or

(B) A human organism at any stage of development from fertilized ovum to embryo.

(b) A person commits the offense of fertility treatment fraud if the person, with the purpose to defraud a person undergoing fertility treatment, misrepresents the: (1) Identity of a person who has donated or is donating human reproductive material to the person undergoing fertility treatment; or (2) Quality of the: (A) Human reproductive material used in the fertility treatment; or (B) Fertility treatment procedure.

(1) Identity of a person who has donated or is donating human reproductive material to the person undergoing fertility treatment; or

(2) Quality of the: (A) Human reproductive material used in the fertility treatment; or (B) Fertility treatment procedure.

(A) Human reproductive material used in the fertility treatment; or

(B) Fertility treatment procedure.

(c) Fertility treatment fraud is a Class C felony.