Section 21. General duties of assisted reproductive technology clinics and banks

CHAPTER IV DUTIES OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY CLINIC AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY BANK 21. General duties of assisted reproductive technology clinics and banks. — The clinics and banks shall perform the following duties, namely:— (a) the clinics and banks shall ensure that commissioning couple, woman and donors of gametes are eligible to avail the assisted reproductive technology procedures subject to such criteria as may be prescribed; (b) the clinics shall obtain donor gametes from the banks and such banks shall ensure that the donor has been medically tested for such diseases as may be prescribed; (c) the clinics shall— (i) provide professional counselling to commissioning couple and woman about all the implications and chances of success of assisted reproductive technology procedures in the clinic; (ii) inform the commissioning couple and woman of the advantages, disadvantages and cost of the procedures, their medical side effects, risks including the risk of multiple pregnancy; and (iii) help the commissioning couple or woman to arrive at an informed decision on such matters that would most likely be the best for the commissioning couple; (d) the clinics shall make commissioning couple or woman, aware of the rights of a child born through the use of assisted reproductive technology; (iii) outcome of the procedure, complications, if any, to the National Registry periodically, in such manner as may be prescribed.