A-5.01 - Act respecting clinical and research activities relating to assisted procreation

Section 2 Disposition versions

2022-06-08

2. For the purposes of this Act,

(1)  “assisted procreation activities” means any support given to procreation by medical or pharmaceutical techniques or laboratory manipulation, whether clinical, to create a human embryo, or in the field of research, to improve clinical procedures or acquire new knowledge.

The following activities are targeted in particular: the use of pharmaceutical procedures to stimulate the ovaries; the removal, treatment, in vitro manipulation and conservation of human gametes; artificial insemination with a spouse’s or a donor’s sperm; preimplantation genetic diagnosis; embryo conservation; embryo transfer in a woman or a person.

However, the surgical procedures to restore normal reproductive functions in a woman or a man or a person are not targeted; and

(2)  “centre for assisted procreation” means any premises designed for carrying out assisted procreation activities, except activities determined by regulation and carried out on the conditions set out in the regulation. Such premises may be located in a facility maintained by an institution or in a private health facility within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2), in an institution or in a professional’s private consulting office within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5) or in a laboratory within the meaning of the Act respecting medical laboratories and organ and tissue conservation (chapter L-0.2).

2009, c. 30, s. 2; 2016, c. 1, s. 145; 2022, c. 22, s. 123.

2019-01-01

2. For the purposes of this Act,

(1)  “assisted procreation activities” means any support given to procreation by medical or pharmaceutical techniques or laboratory manipulation, whether clinical, to create a human embryo, or in the field of research, to improve clinical procedures or acquire new knowledge.

The following activities are targeted in particular: the use of pharmaceutical procedures to stimulate the ovaries; the removal, treatment, in vitro manipulation and conservation of human gametes; artificial insemination with a spouse’s or a donor’s sperm; preimplantation genetic diagnosis; embryo conservation; embryo transfer in women.

However, the surgical procedures to restore normal reproductive functions in a woman or a man are not targeted; and

(2)  “centre for assisted procreation” means any premises designed for carrying out assisted procreation activities, except activities determined by regulation and carried out on the conditions set out in the regulation. Such premises may be located in a facility maintained by an institution or in a private health facility within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2), in an institution or in a professional’s private consulting office within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5) or in a laboratory within the meaning of the Act respecting medical laboratories and organ and tissue conservation (chapter L-0.2).

2009, c. 30, s. 2; 2016, c. 1, s. 145.

2010-08-05

2. For the purposes of this Act,

(1)  “assisted procreation activities” means any support given to procreation by medical or pharmaceutical techniques or laboratory manipulation, whether clinical, to create a human embryo, or in the field of research, to improve clinical procedures or acquire new knowledge.

The following activities are targeted in particular: the use of pharmaceutical procedures to stimulate the ovaries; the removal, treatment, in vitro manipulation and conservation of human gametes; artificial insemination with a spouse’s or a donor’s sperm; preimplantation genetic diagnosis; embryo conservation; embryo transfer in women.

However, the surgical procedures to restore normal reproductive functions in a woman or a man are not targeted; and

(2)  “centre for assisted procreation” means any premises designed for carrying out assisted procreation activities, except activities determined by regulation and carried out on the conditions set out in the regulation. Such premises may be located in a facility maintained by an institution or in a private health facility within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2), in an institution or in a professional’s private consulting office within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5) or in a laboratory within the meaning of the Act respecting medical laboratories, organ and tissue conservation, and the disposal of human bodies (chapter L-0.2).

2009, c. 30, s. 2.