New licences for clinics
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Act 2008 introduced new conditions which are applicable to all licences and amended some of the conditions imposed by the 1990 Act. These revised conditions for treatment, storage and research centres came into force on 1 October 2009.
All centres were sent a copy of the revised conditions relevant to their licence and an extract of the legislation which influenced this change. An acknowledgement form should have been returned by 28 August 2009.
If you have not yet done so, it is most important that you return the acknowledgement form to the HFEA as soon as possible.
Under section 16(5) of the HFE Act 1990, the Authority is not able to issue centres with the new licence until the Person Responsible for that centre has acknowledged the new conditions in writing.
Get ready
- New licence conditions will reflect the changes in legislation
- The conditions have been streamlined and updated to make them easier to follow
- Centres licensed to offer IVF will have an additional treatment added to their licence which allows them to use embryos for training
What changed?
- Conditions have been re-ordered under sub-headings – treatment, storage or research
- Standard conditions have been streamlined and duplicates have been removed
- Centres licensed to offer IVF will have an additional activity added to their licence, which permits the use of embryos in training
When did it change?
These changes will come into force on 1 October 2009.
Page last updated: 20 August 2009