Page 4 - Federal Law No. (7) of Year 2019 - Concerning Medically Assisted Reproduction

Article (8)

Terms and Conditions for Applying the Techniques of Medically Assisted Reproduction

Centers shall, when practicing any of the medically assisted reproductive techniques, comply with
the following conditions and controls:

1. That the Technique of Medically Assisted Reproduction is the most medically appropriate
method of reproduction after it has been established that pregnancy cannot happen by natural
contact for a period of not less than a year, unless there is a prior diagnosis of the presence of
something that prevents pregnancy through natural contact, then it is not necessary to wait for
a year.
2. That the spouses submit an official document certified by the competent authority to prove the
continuation of the marital relationship between them.
3. The written consent of the spouses to use the Technique of Medically Assisted Reproduction,
provided that this approval is made at the center and in their presence.
4. Submit a certificate from a specialist physician who is specialized in approving that there is no
danger to the life of the wife or fetus or the presence of a serious harm to their health within
the medically accepted scope.
5. To be implemented by doctors licensed in this field.
6. Giving the spouses a detailed explanation of the Technique of Medically Assisted
Reproduction selected for reproduction, the stages of the operation and the negative
repercussions or possible complications thereof, in addition to the financial cost and the
realistic pregnancy rate of similar cases in the same center.
7. Any other conditions or controls determined by a decision of the Minister after coordination
with other health authorities.

Article (9)

Prohibited Practices

Centers are prohibited to do the following while practicing the Technique of Medically Assisted
Reproduction:

1. The fertilization procedure of a sperm taken from the husband and an egg taken from a woman
who is not his wife, then implanting the fertilized egg in the uterus of his wife.
2. The fertilization procedure of an egg taken from the wife and a sperm taken from a man who
is not her husband, then implanting the fertilized egg in the uterus of the wife herself.
3. Performing external fertilization of a sperm taken from the husband and an egg taken from the
wife, then implanting the fertilized egg in the uterus of another woman.
4. Performing external fertilization of a sperm taken from a man and an egg taken from a woman,
then implanting the fertilized egg in the uterus of another woman.

*In case of any misinterpretation, the Arabic version of this legislation prevails