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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="10-438" title_number="10" title_name="Statewide Development Resources and Revenue Authorities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Maryland Technology Development Corporation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A health care practitioner licensed under the Health Occupations Article who treats individuals for infertility shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>provide individuals with information sufficient to enable them to make an informed and voluntary choice regarding the disposition of any unused material; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>present to individuals the option of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>storing or discarding any unused material;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>donating any unused material for clinical purposes in the treatment of infertility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, donating any unused material for research purposes; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>donating any unused material for adoption purposes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Any unused material donated for State-funded stem cell research may not be an oocyte.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An individual who donates any unused material for research purposes under subsection (a)(2) of this section shall provide the health care practitioner with written consent for the donation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
