Act Number: 42

Act Name: The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021

Year: 2021

Enactment Date: 2021-12-18

Long Title: An Act for the regulation and supervision of the assisted reproductive technology clinics and the assisted reproductive technology banks, prevention of misuse, safe and ethical practice of assisted reproductive technology services for addressing the issues of reproductive health where assisted reproductive technlogy is required for becoming a parent or for freezing gametes, embryos, embryonic tissues for further use due to infertility, disease or social or medical concerns and for regulation and supervision of research and development and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Department: Department of Health Research

Section 15: Registration of assisted reproductive technology clinic or assisted reproductive technology bank.
    (1) No person shall establish any clinic or bank for undertaking assisted reproductive technology or to render assisted reproductive technology procedures in any form unless such clinic or bank is duly registered under this Act.
    (2) Every application for registration under sub-section (1) shall be made to the National Registry through the appropriate assisted reproductive technology and surrogacy authority in such form, manner and shall be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed.
    (3) Every clinic or bank which is conducting assisted reproductive technology, partly or exclusively shall, within a period of sixty days from the date of establishment of the National Registry, apply for registration:
    Provided that such clinics and banks shall cease to conduct any such counselling or procedures on the expiry of six months from the date of commencement of this Act, unless such clinics and banks have applied for registration and is so registered separately or till such application is disposed of, whichever is earlier.
    (4) No clinics or banks shall be registered under this Act, unless the appropriate authority is satisfied that such clinics and banks are in a position to provide such facilities and maintain such equipment and standards including specialised manpower, physical infrastructure and diagnostic facilities as may be prescribed
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