Singapore legislation

Regulation 43

of Healthcare Services (Assisted Reproduction Service) Regulations 2023

Regulation 43

Reproductive cells and embryos that may be stored

A licensee must not store any reproductive cell or embryo except the following:

(a)

any reproductive cell (except an oocyte) or embryo for the purpose of providing an assisted reproductive service to a patient;

(b)

any sperm or human tissue containing any human gamete or germ cells at any stage of maturity for the purpose of preventing infertility, where the individual from whom the sperm or human tissue is collected —

(i)

has any medical condition that significantly, permanently and adversely affects the individual’s fertility; or

(ii)

is undergoing any medical treatment that will significantly, permanently and adversely affect the individual’s fertility;

(c)

an oocyte collected from a patient —

(i)

to whom the licensee intends to provide a restricted procedure; and

(ii)

who has, together with the patient’s husband, given signed written consent for the restricted procedure,if the licensee is unable to, for any reason, provide the restricted procedure in the same assisted reproduction cycle that the oocyte is collected;

(d)

any oocyte collected from a patient mentioned in regulation 31(2)(a).