{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-37-220","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-37-220","heading":"Fertility treatment fraud","body":"(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.\n\n(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.\n\n(1) \"Fertility treatment\" means a treatment for infertility, pregnancy, surrogacy, or childbearing; and\n\n(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.\n\n(A) A human spermatozoon or ovum; or\n\n(B) A human organism at any stage of development from fertilized ovum to embryo.\n\n(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.\n\n(1) Identity of a person who has donated or is donating human reproductive material to the person undergoing fertility treatment; or\n\n(2) Quality of the: (A) Human reproductive material used in the fertility treatment; or (B) Fertility treatment procedure.\n\n(A) Human reproductive material used in the fertility treatment; or\n\n(B) Fertility treatment procedure.\n\n(c) Fertility treatment fraud is a Class C felony.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 37","Subchapter 2"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"1360b5496f0f434c7c1ecbece58603a639e2f680ae3e65a9462a2fb93c137052","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-37-219","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-37-225"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}