Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 11. BAN ON REPRODUCTIVE HUMAN CLONING

Part 1. General Provisions

Prohibited Acts -- Penalties

50-11-102. Prohibited acts -- penalties. (1) A person or entity, public or private, may not knowingly:

(a) perform or attempt to perform reproductive human cloning;

(b) participate in an attempt to perform reproductive human cloning;

(c) ship, transfer, or receive for any purpose an embryo for reproductive human cloning; or

(d) ship, transfer, or receive, in whole or in part, any oocyte, embryo, fetus, or human somatic cell for the purpose of reproductive human cloning.

(2) A violation of subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b), or both, is a felony.

(3) A violation of subsection (1)(c) or (1)(d), or both, is a misdemeanor.

(4) All fines collected under this section must be deposited in the state general fund.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 126, L. 2009.