Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024
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Genetic counselling | ||
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50. (1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 18 , an AHR treatment provider shall not provide any relevant AHR treatment to a person seeking such treatment unless the provider is satisfied that the person and the relevant person have received genetic counselling in relation to such treatment. | ||
(2) Where PGT-A has been provided to a person and that treatment has resulted in the detection of a complex chromosomal variant, an AHR treatment provider shall not provide other AHR treatment (not being relevant AHR treatment or PGT-A) to the person unless the provider is satisfied that the person and the relevant person have received genetic counselling— | ||
(a) subsequent to the provision of the PGT-A, and | ||
(b) before the provision of the other AHR treatment. | ||
(3) Where subsection (1) or (2) requires that genetic counselling be provided to two intending parents, the genetic counsellor shall offer the counselling to the parents individually, together as a couple, or both. | ||
(4) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), an AHR treatment provider shall not be, or hold out to be, a genetic counsellor. | ||
(b) Paragraph (a) shall not be construed to prevent the AHR treatment provider from having a genetic counsellor as a member of the provider’s staff. | ||
(5) In this section— | ||
“relevant AHR treatment” means AHR treatment (other than PGT-A) to which this Part applies; | ||
“relevant person”, in relation to a person seeking relevant AHR treatment or PGT-A, means, if such person is an intending parent, the other intending parent (if any). |