Assisted Human Reproduction Act

Marginal note:Definitions

3 The following definitions apply in this Act.

Agency

Agence

Agency means the Assisted Human Reproduction Agency of Canada established by subsection 21(1). (Agence)

assisted reproduction procedure

technique de procréation assistée

assisted reproduction procedure means any controlled activity referred to in section 10 that is performed for the purpose of creating a human being. (technique de procréation assistée)

chimera

chimère

chimera means

• (a) an embryo into which a cell of any non-human life form has been introduced; or

• (b) an embryo that consists of cells of more than one embryo, foetus or human being. (chimère)

consent

consentement

consent means fully informed and freely given consent that is given in accordance with the applicable law governing consent and that conforms to the provisions of the Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research Guidelines released by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in March, 2002, as detailed in the Regulations. (consentement)

controlled activity

activité réglementée

controlled activity means an activity that may not be undertaken except in accordance with sections 10 to 12. (activité réglementée)

donor

donneur

donor means

• (a) in relation to human reproductive material, the individual from whose body it was obtained, whether for consideration or not; and

• (b) in relation to an in vitro embryo, a donor as defined in the regulations. (donneur)

embryo

embryon

embryo means a human organism during the first 56 days of its development following fertilization or creation, excluding any time during which its development has been suspended, and includes any cell derived from such an organism that is used for the purpose of creating a human being. (embryon)

foetus

foetus

foetus means a human organism during the period of its development beginning on the fifty-seventh day following fertilization or creation, excluding any time during which its development has been suspended, and ending at birth. (foetus)

gene

gène

gene includes a nucleotide sequence, and an artificially created gene or nucleotide sequence. (gène)

genome

génome

genome means the totality of the deoxyribonucleic acid sequence of a particular cell. (génome)

health reporting information

renseignement médical

health reporting information means information provided under this Act respecting

• (a) the identity, personal characteristics, genetic information and medical history of donors of human reproductive material and in vitro embryos, persons who have undergone assisted reproduction procedures and persons who were conceived by means of those procedures; and

• (b) the custody of donated human reproductive materials and in vitro embryos and the uses that are made of them. (renseignement médical)

human clone

clone humain

human clone means an embryo that, as a result of the manipulation of human reproductive material or an in vitro embryo, contains a diploid set of chromosomes obtained from a single — living or deceased — human being, foetus or embryo. (clone humain)

human reproductive material

matériel reproductif humain

human reproductive material means a sperm, ovum or other human cell or a human gene, and includes a part of any of them. (matériel reproductif humain)

hybrid

hybride

hybridmeans

• (a) a human ovum that has been fertilized by a sperm of a non-human life form;

• (b) an ovum of a non-human life form that has been fertilized by a human sperm;

• (c) a human ovum into which the nucleus of a cell of a non-human life form has been introduced;

• (d) an ovum of a non-human life form into which the nucleus of a human cell has been introduced; or

• (e) a human ovum or an ovum of a non-human life form that otherwise contains haploid sets of chromosomes from both a human being and a non-human life form. (hybride)

in vitro embryo

embryon in vitro

in vitro embryo means an embryo that exists outside the body of a human being. (embryon in vitro)

licence

autorisation

licence means a licence issued in respect of a controlled activity or premises under section 40. (autorisation)

Minister

ministre

Minister means the Minister of Health. (ministre)

ovum

ovule

ovum means a human ovum, whether mature or not. (ovule)

sperm

spermatozoïde

sperm means a human sperm, whether mature or not. (spermatozoïde)

surrogate mother

mère porteuse

surrogate mother means a female person who — with the intention of surrendering the child at birth to a donor or another person — carries an embryo or foetus that was conceived by means of an assisted reproduction procedure and derived from the genes of a donor or donors. (mère porteuse)