Singapore legislation
Regulation 26
of Healthcare Services (Assisted Reproduction Service) Regulations 2023
Regulation 26
Instructions regarding stored oocytes or embryos
Subregulation 1
A licensee must not store any reproductive cell or embryo unless the relevant individual has given instructions on all of the following:
in the case of the storage of an embryo — the disposal or donation of the embryo in the event the relevant individuals cease to be married, whether by death or divorce;
where consent was obtained for the storage of the reproductive cell or embryo for a period and any relevant individual is uncontactable at the expiry of that period or any part of the payment for the storage of the reproductive cell or embryo is overdue — the disposal or donation of the reproductive cell or embryo in either event;
where any relevant individual becomes incapable of giving consent for the transfer of the reproductive cell or embryo — the disposal or donation of the reproductive cell or embryo in that event.
Subregulation 2
A licensee must document the instructions mentioned in paragraph (1).
Subregulation 3
In this regulation, “relevant individual” means —
in relation to a reproductive cell — the person from whom the reproductive cell is collected; and
in relation to an embryo — the patient and the patient’s husband.