Title 15
Domestic Relations
Chapter 8.1
Uniform Parentage Act
Article 9
Information About Donor
R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-8.1-904
§ 15-8.1-904. Declaration regarding identity disclosure.
(a) A gamete bank or fertility clinic licensed in this state which collects gametes from a donor shall:
(1) Provide the donor with information in a record about the donor's choice regarding identity disclosure; and
(2) Obtain a declaration from the donor regarding identity disclosure.
(b) A gamete bank or fertility clinic licensed in this state shall give a donor the choice to sign a notarized declaration that either:
(1) States that the donor agrees to disclose the donor's identity to a child conceived by assisted reproduction with the donor's gametes on request once the child attains eighteen (18) years of age; or
(2) States that the donor does not agree presently to disclose the donor's identity to the child.
(c) A gamete bank or fertility clinic licensed in this state shall permit a donor who has signed a declaration under subsection (b)(2) of this section, to withdraw the declaration at any time by signing a declaration under subsection (b)(1) of this section.
History of Section.
P.L. 2020, ch. 59, § 2; P.L. 2020, ch. 60, § 2.