Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Infertility Treatment Act 1995 - SECT 10

Information

10. Information



(1) Before a woman consents to undergo a treatment procedure the doctor in
charge of the woman's case must give to the woman and her husband-

   (a)  a list of counsellors who have been approved under Part 8 to give
        counselling to women undergoing treatment procedures and their
        husbands; and

   (b)  enough information about the procedure and the alternatives to the
        procedure to enable the woman and her husband to make an informed
        decision about whether or not to undergo the procedure.

(2) Before a woman undergoes a treatment procedure, she and her husband must
give the prescribed information required to be recorded in the Register under
section 62 or 63 for women undergoing treatment procedures and their husbands.