Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

47 Providers must obtain and accept information about donors

• (1) When a donor donates a donated embryo or a donated cell to or through a provider, the provider must ensure that the provider has obtained the following information about the donor or, as the case requires, about each donor:

  • (a) the donor's name:

  • (b) the donor's gender:

  • (c) the donor's address:

  • (d) the date, place, and country of the donor's birth:

  • (e) the donor's height:

  • (f) the colour of the donor's eyes and hair:

  • (g) the donor's ethnicity and any relevant cultural affiliation:

  • (h) in the case of a Māori donor, the donor's whanau, hapu, and iwi, to the extent that the donor is aware of those affiliations:

  • (i) any aspects, considered significant by the provider, of the medical history of—

    • (i) the donor; and

    • (ii) the donor's parents and grandparents; and

    • (iii) the donor's children (if any); and

    • (iv) the donor's siblings (if any):

  • (j) the donor's reasons for donating.

  (2) The provider must accept any information that is offered by a donor that updates or corrects any of the information about the donor obtained under subsection (1).