Health and Safety Code section 125350

No human oocyte or embryo shall be acquired, sold, offered for sale, received, or otherwise transferred for valuable consideration for the purposes of medical research or development of medical therapies. For purposes of this section, “valuable consideration” does not include reasonable payment for the removal, processing, disposal, preservation, quality control, and storage of oocytes or embryos.

Source: Section 125350, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=125350. (updated Jan. 1, 2007; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_125350

Original Source: Section 125350, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=125350. (last accessed May 12, 2025).