New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2007 - SECT 15

15 Donated gametes-disclosure of medical information

(1) An ART provider may disclose medical information:

(a) about a donor:

(i) to an adult offspring born as a result of ART treatment using the donor’s donated gamete, or

(ii) to the parent of an offspring born as a result of ART treatment using the donor’s donated gamete, if the offspring is a child, or

(iii) to a woman who is pregnant as a result of ART treatment using the donor’s donated gamete, or

(b) to a donor, about an offspring born as a result of ART treatment using the donor’s donated gamete,

if a registered medical practitioner has certified in writing that it is necessary to make the disclosure to save a person’s life or to warn the person to whom the information is disclosed about the existence of a medical condition that may be harmful to that person or to that person’s offspring (including any future offspring of the person).

(2) If an ART provider discloses medical information under this section, the disclosure must be made by a registered medical practitioner on behalf of the ART provider.

(3) If a disclosure may be made to a person under this section, the disclosure may also be made to a registered medical practitioner who is treating the person.

(4) Nothing in this section requires an ART provider to disclose information to any person.