§ 63-1-728b. Definitions.

As used in the Freedom of Conscience Act:

1.  “Health care facility” means any public or private organization, corporation, authority, partnership, sole proprietorship, association, agency, network, joint venture, or other entity that is involved in providing health care services, including a hospital, clinic, medical center, ambulatory surgical center, private physician’s office, pharmacy, nursing home, university hospital, medical school, nursing school, medical training facility, inpatient health care facility, or other place where health care services are provided;

2.  “Human embryo” means a human organism that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells;

3.  “In vitro human embryo” means a human embryo, whether cryopreserved or not, living outside of a woman’s body;

4.  “Participate in” means to perform, practice, engage in, assist in, recommend, counsel in favor of, make referrals for, prescribe, dispense, or administer drugs or devices or otherwise promote or encourage; and

5.  “Person” means any individual, corporation, industry, firm, partnership, association, venture, trust, institution, federal, state or local governmental instrumentality, agency or body or any other legal entity however organized.

Added by Laws 2010, c. 47, § 2, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.