(a) The department shall establish and maintain an anonymous registry of embryos that are available for research. The purpose of this registry is to provide researchers with access to embryos that are available for research purposes.
(b) The department may contract with the University of California, private organizations, or public entities to establish and administer the registry.
(c) This section shall be implemented only to the extent that funds for the purpose of establishing and administering the registry are received by the department from private or other nonstate sources.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 507, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2004.)