68th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--1995 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 1660

                         House Bill 2303

Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Representative Kevin
  Mannix)


                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Prohibits physician from performing artificial insemination on
unmarried woman.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to artificial insemination; amending ORS 677.365.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 677.365 is amended to read:
  677.365. (1) Artificial insemination shall not be performed
upon a woman without her prior written request and consent and
 { - , if she is married, - }  the prior written request and
consent of her husband. { +  Artificial insemination shall not be
performed upon an unmarried woman. + }
  (2) Whenever a child is born who may have been conceived by the
use of semen of a donor who is not the woman's husband, a copy of
the request and consent required under subsection (1) of this
section shall be filed by the physician who performs the
artificial insemination with the State Registrar of Vital
Statistics. The state registrar shall prescribe the form of
reporting.
  (3) The information filed under subsection (2) of this section
shall be sealed by the state registrar and may be opened only
upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
  (4) If the physician who performs the artificial insemination
does not deliver the child conceived as a result of the use of
semen of a donor who is not the woman's husband, it is the duty
of the woman and the husband who consented pursuant to subsection
(1) of this section to give that physician notice of the child's
birth. The physician who performs the artificial insemination
shall be relieved of all liability for noncompliance with
subsection (2) of this section if the noncompliance results from
lack of notice to the physician about the birth.
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