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Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

Information about donors of donated embryos or donated cells and donor offspring - Information about donors

47: Providers must obtain and accept information about donors

You could also call this:

"Providers must collect and update info about people who donate embryos or cells, like their identity, health, and family details."

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When you donate an embryo or a cell to a provider, the provider must get certain information about you. This includes your name, gender, address, birth details, height, eye and hair colour, ethnicity, and cultural affiliation. If you are Māori, the provider must also ask about your whanau, hapu, and iwi, if you know them.

The provider must also ask about your medical history and that of your family, including your parents, grandparents, children, and siblings. You will also be asked why you are donating.

The provider must accept any new or corrected information you give them about yourself, to update the information they already have.

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Part 3Information about donors of donated embryos or donated cells and donor offspring
Information about donors

47Providers must obtain and accept information about donors

  1. When a donor donates a donated embryo or a donated cell to or through a provider, the provider must ensure that the provider has obtained the following information about the donor or, as the case requires, about each donor:

  2. the donor's name:
    1. the donor's gender:
      1. the donor's address:
        1. the date, place, and country of the donor's birth:
          1. the donor's height:
            1. the colour of the donor's eyes and hair:
              1. the donor's ethnicity and any relevant cultural affiliation:
                1. in the case of a Māori donor, the donor's whanau, hapu, and iwi, to the extent that the donor is aware of those affiliations:
                  1. any aspects, considered significant by the provider, of the medical history of—
                    1. the donor; and
                      1. the donor's parents and grandparents; and
                        1. the donor's children (if any); and
                          1. the donor's siblings (if any):
                          2. the donor's reasons for donating.

                            1. The provider must accept any information that is offered by a donor that updates or corrects any of the information about the donor obtained under subsection (1).