For Donors

Information to be Provided by Reproductive Technology Centres

Donors of gametes or embryos should be informed of the following:

1. the procedures involved and the associated discomfort, pain and risks;
2. the screening tests to be performed and the implications of having the HIV antibody test;
3. purpose for which their gametes or embryos may be used;
4. a child may be born disabled as a result of the donor's failure to disclose defects, about which he or she knows or should reasonably have known;
5. a donor's donated gametes or embryos may not be allowed to bring about more than three live birth events* to minimize risk of inadvertent incest in the offspring;
6. protection under the Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance (Cap. 561) regarding donor's anonymity ad confidentiality of patients seeking infertility treatment; and
7. centres are required to register information on the donors with the Council on Human Reproductive Technology under the Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance (Cap. 561).

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