106 STAT. 3146 PUBLIC LAW 102-493—OCT. 24, 1992 Public Law 102-493 102d Congress An Act Oct. 24, 1992 To provide for reporting of pregnancy success rates of assisted reproductive [H.R. 4773] technology programs and for the certification of embryo laboratories. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Fertility Clinic the United States of America in Congress assembled. Success Rate ' ^ and Certification SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 42tj«?20l note "^^^ ^* ^^^ ^ *^^*^ *^ *^® "Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification Act of 1992". 42 USC 263a-l. SEC. 2. ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS. (a) IN GENERAL. —Effective 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, each assisted reproductive technology (as defined in section 7) program shall annually report to the Secretary through the Centers for Disease Control— (1) pregnancy success rates achieved by such program through each assisted reproductive technology, and (2) the identity of each embryo laboratory (as defined in section 7) used by such program and whether the laboratory is certified under section 3 or has applied for such certification. (b) PREGNANCY SUCCESS RATES. — Public (1) IN GENERAL. —For purposes of subsection (a)(l), the mformation. Secretary shall, in consultation with the organizations ref- erenced in subsection (c), define pregnancy success rates and shall make public any proposed definition in such manner as to facilitate comment from any person (including any Federal or other public agency) during its development. (2) DEFINITION. — In developing the definition of pregnancy success rates, the Secretary shall take into account the effect on success rates of age, diagnosis, and other significant factors and shall include in such rates— (A) the basic live birth rate calculated for each assisted reproductive technology performed by an assisted reproductive technology program by dividing the number of pregnancies which result in live births by the number of ovarian stimulation procedures attempted by such program, and (B) the live birth rate per successful oocyte retrieval procedure calculated for each assisted reproductive technology performed by an assisted reproductive technologor program by dividing the number of pregnancies which result in live births by the number of successful ooc^rte retrieval procedures performed by such program. (c) CONSULTATION. — In developing the definition under subsection (b), the Secretary shall consult with appropriate consumer and professional organizations with expertise in using, providing, and evaluating professional services and embryo laboratories assoaated with assisted reproductive technologies. 42 USC 263a-2. SEC 3. CERTIFICATION OF EMBRYO LABORATORIES. (a) IN GENERAL.-—
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