{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-24185","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 24185","heading":"","body":"(a) No person shall clone a human being or engage in human reproductive cloning.\n(b) No person shall purchase or sell an ovum, zygote, embryo, or fetus for the purpose of cloning a human being.\n(c) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:\n(1) “Clone” means the practice of creating or attempting to create a human being by transferring the nucleus from a human cell from whatever source into a human or nonhuman egg cell from which the nucleus has been removed for the purpose of, or to implant, the resulting product to initiate a pregnancy that could result in the birth of a human being.\n(2) “Department” means the State Department of Health Services.\n(3) “Human reproductive cloning” means the creation of a human fetus that is substantially genetically identical to a previously born human being. The department may adopt, interpret, and update regulations, as necessary, for purposes of more precisely defining the procedures that constitute human reproductive cloning.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 20. MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS [24000. - 28002.]","CHAPTER 1.4. Human Cloning [24185. - 24187.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"283a1facad8e78fdc40cb1244341f59218836e8de55104b2fdd52e466bf06c06","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-24179.5","next":"us-ca/hsc-24186"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}