48Counselling

48 Counselling Before a woman may undergo a treatment procedure referred to in section 46, the woman must undergo counselling in relation to the prescribed matters from— (a) in the case of assisted reproductive treatment, a counsellor who provides counselling on behalf of a registered ART provider; or (b) in the case of artificial insemination, either— (i) a counsellor who provides counselling on behalf of a registered ART provider; or (ii) a person who meets the prescribed requirements for counselling. Part 6—Registers and access to information Division 1—Registers kept by registered ART providers and doctors 49 Register to be kept by registered ART providers (1) A registered ART provider must keep a register that includes the prescribed information in relation to the following— (a) the donors of gametes and embryos kept or stored by the registered ART provider; (b) the destruction or disposal by the registered ART provider of any gametes or an embryo formed outside the body of a woman; (c) any human embryo kept or stored by the registered ART provider that becomes an excess ART embryo; (d) each woman on whom the registered ART provider carries out a treatment procedure and the woman's partner, if any; (e) any treatment procedure carried out on a woman by the registered ART provider; (f) the use of gametes or an embryo in a treatment procedure carried out by the registered ART provider; (g) any gametes or an embryo transferred between— (i) the registered ART provider and another registered ART provider; or (ii) the registered ART provider and a doctor; (h) the collection and storage of gametes or an embryo by the registered ART provider; S. 49(1)(i) amended by No. 39/2021 s. 32. (i) the consents to the storage and removal from storage of gametes or an embryo by the registered ART provider; (j) the bringing into or taking out of Victoria of any gametes or an embryo that have been or are stored or kept by the registered ART provider; (k) each consent or withdrawal or lapsing of consent given under this Act for a treatment procedure by the registered ART provider; (l) if the registered ART provider reimburses a donor for costs actually incurred by the donor in respect of a donation made to the registered ART provider, details of the reimbursement; (m) the outcome of a treatment procedure including particulars of— (i) a confirmed pregnancy resulting from a treatment procedure; and (ii) the miscarriage of a pregnancy resulting from a treatment procedure; (n) a person born as a result of a treatment procedure, including particulars of the birth of the person. S. 49(2) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 7. (2) A designated officer of a registered ART provider must ensure that any information required, by a condition of registration that applies to the provider's registration, to be recorded in the register kept by the provider under subsection (1) is recorded in the register. S. 49A inserted by No. 58/2014 s. 5.