Guidance notes

Staff

  • 1. Person responsible
  • 2. Staff

Counselling

  • 3. Counselling

Information and consent

  • 4. Information to be provided prior to consent
  • 5. Consent to treatment, storage, donation, training and disclosure of information
  • 6. Legal parenthood

Multiple births

  • 7. Multiple births

Welfare of the child

  • 8. Welfare of the child

Embryo testing

  • 9. Preimplantation genetic screening (PGS)
  • 10. Embryo testing and sex selection

Donation and surrogacy

  • 11. Donor recruitment, assessment and screening
  • 12. Egg sharing arrangements
  • 13. Payments for donors
  • 14. Surrogacy

Use of gametes and embryos

  • 15. Procuring, processing and transporting gametes and embryos
  • 16. Imports and exports
  • 17. Storage of gametes and embryos
  • 18. Witnessing and assuring patient and donor identification
  • 19. Traceability
  • 20. Donor assisted conception
  • 21. Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

Research and training

  • 22. Research and training

Facilities and administration

  • 23. The quality management system
  • 24. Third party agreements
  • 25. Premises and facilities
  • 26. Equipment and materials
  • 27. Adverse incidents
  • 28. Complaints

Treating people fairly

  • 29. Treating people fairly

Record keeping and other obligations

  • 30. Confidentiality and privacy
  • 31. Record keeping and document control
  • 32. Obligations and reporting requirements of centres

Code of Practice version: 8