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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 784
ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE
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F.S. 784.086
784.086 Reproductive battery.—
(1) As used in this section, the term:
(a) “Donor” means a person who donates reproductive material, regardless of whether for personal use or compensation.
(b) “Health care practitioner” has the same meaning as provided in s. 456.001.
(c) “Recipient” means a person who receives reproductive material from a donor.
(d) “Reproductive material” means any human “egg” or “sperm” as those terms are defined in s. 742.13, or a human zygote.
(e) “Zygote” means a fertilized ovum.
(2) A health care practitioner may not intentionally transfer into the body of a recipient human reproductive material or implant a human embryo of a donor, knowing the recipient has not consented to the use of the human reproductive material or human embryo from that donor.
(a) A health care practitioner who violates this section commits reproductive battery, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(b) A health care practitioner who violates this section and who is the donor of the reproductive material commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the period of limitation for a violation under this section does not begin to run until the date on which the violation is discovered and reported to law enforcement or any other governmental agency.
(4) It is not a defense to the crime of reproductive battery that the recipient consented to an anonymous donor.
History.—s. 6, ch. 2020-31.

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Amendments to 784.086


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 784.086
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S784.086 2 - BATTERY - REPRODUCTIVE BATTERY - F: T
S784.086 2b - BATTERY - REPRODUCTIVE BATT PRACTIT DONOR REPRO MATERIAL - F: S

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Cases Citing Statute 784.086

Total Results: 5

KEVIN BARONOWSKY v. CARLO PONTI MAIORANO n/k/a CARLO PONTI

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-08-18

Snippet: libel in a California state court. 465 U.S. at 784–86. The defendants’ allegedly defamatory publication

Jennifer Masino v. Theodore P. Masino

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-09-14

Citation: 254 So. 3d 649

Snippet: reversal of these awards as well. Rabbath, 4 So. 3d at 784–86. In determining alimony, the trial court

Toyos v. Helm Bank, USA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-04-13

Citation: 187 So. 3d 1287, 2016 WL 1445960, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 5616

Snippet: Bryson v. Branch Banking & Trust Co., 75 So.3d 783, 784-86 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011). “Merely attaching documents

Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services v. Mendez

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-10-16

Citation: 126 So. 3d 367, 2013 WL 5628727, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 16396

Snippet: dangerous to the public welfare. Haire, 870 So.2d at 784-86; see also Patchen, 906 So.2d at 1008. Thus, the

Simmons v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-11-16

Citation: 944 So. 2d 317, 2006 WL 3313741

Snippet: Booksellers Ass'n v. McMaster, 371 F.Supp.2d 773, 781-84, 784-86 (D.S.C.2005) (striking down South Carolina dissemination