Singapore legislation

Regulation 34

of Healthcare Services (Assisted Reproduction Service) Regulations 2023

Regulation 34

Transfer of multiple embryos

Subregulation 1

Subject to paragraph (2), a licensee must not transfer more than 2 embryos into a patient’s body in a single assisted reproduction cycle.

Subregulation 2

Despite paragraph (1), a licensee may transfer no more than 3 embryos, each of which is not past the cleavage stage, into a patient’s body in a single assisted reproduction cycle if the patient —

(a)

is 37 years of age or older; and

(b)

has undergone one or more stimulated cycles in which no oocytes were collected, or from which no oocyte collected resulted in a blastocyst.

Subregulation 3

A licensee must, before transferring 2 or more embryos into a patient’s body, inform the patient and the patient’s husband that delivery for a multiple pregnancy is recommended to be carried out by an acute hospital licensee with the appropriate neonatal intensive care facilities for extremely premature infants.