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815 ILCS 540/10

    (815 ILCS 540/10)
    Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Assisted reproductive treatment" means treatment pursuant to assisted reproduction, as defined in the Reproductive Health Act, as a method of achieving a pregnancy through the handling of human oocytes, sperm, zygotes, or embryos for the purpose of establishing a pregnancy. "Assisted reproduction" includes, but is not limited to, methods of artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer, zygote transfer, embryo biopsy, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, embryo cryopreservation, oocyte, gamete, zygote, and embryo donation, and gestational surrogacy.

"Embryologist" means a laboratory employee who meets any Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program requirements for laboratory personnel that are required by 42 CFR Part 493 or the Illinois Clinical Laboratories Code, and who performs embryology procedures.

"Embryology procedures" include:
(1) culture media preparation and laboratory quality

control;

        (2) oocyte isolation and identification;
        (3) oocyte maturity and health status assessment;
        (4) oocyte insemination;
        (5) evaluation of fertilization;
        (6) zygote quality assessment;
        (7) embryo culture and grading;
        (8) embryo transfer;
        (9) gamete or embryo cryopreservation; and
        (10) micromanipulation of gametes or embryos,

including intracytoplasmic sperm injection, assisted hatching, and embryo biopsy.

"Health care" means any phase of patient care, including, but not limited to: testing; diagnosis; prognosis; ancillary research; instructions; assisted reproduction; family planning, counseling, referrals, or any other advice in connection with conception; surgery or other care or treatment rendered by a physician, nurse, paraprofessional, or health care facility, intended for the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of persons.

"Health care provider" means a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, any individual licensed under the laws of this State to provide health care, or any individual who handles human reproductive material in a health care setting.

    "Human reproductive material" means:
        (1) a human spermatozoon or ovum; or
        (2) a human organism at any stage of development from

fertilized ovum to embryo.

"In vitro fertilization" means all medical and laboratory procedures that are necessary to effectuate the extracorporeal fertilization of egg and sperm.

"Intended parent" means a person who enters into an assisted reproductive technology arrangement, including a gestational surrogacy arrangement, under which he or she will be the legal parent of the resulting child.

"Laboratory" means a facility for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or other examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of, human beings. These examinations include procedures to determine, measure, or otherwise describe the presence or absence of various substances or organisms in the body. "Laboratory" does not include facilities only collecting or preparing specimens, or both, or only serving as a mailing service and not performing testing.

"Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in this State.
(Source: P.A. 103-478, eff. 1-1-24.)