Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 4.djvu/415

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PUBLIC LAW 102-493—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 3151 tinue in effect for 60 days after the laboratory receives notice of the revocation or suspension. If the certification of an embryo laboratory is revoked or suspended, the laboratory may apply for recertification after one year after the date of the revocation or suspension. SEC. 6. PUBLICATION. 42 USC 263a-5. The Secretary, through the Centers for Disease Control, shall not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter publish and distribute to the States and the public— (I)(A) pregnancy success rates reported to the Secretary under section 2(a)(l) and, in the case of an assisted reproductive technology program which failed to report one or more success rates as required under such section, the name of each such program and each pregnancy success rate which the program failed to report, and (B) from information reported under section 2(a)(2)— (i) the identity of each embryo laboratory in a State which has adopted the certification program under such program and whether such laboratory is certified under section 3, (ii) Uie identity of each embryo laboratory in a State which has not adopted such certification program and which has been certified by an accreditation organization approved by the Secretary under section 4, and (iii) in the case of an embryo laboratory which is not certified under section 3 or certified by an accreditation organization approved by the Secretary under section 4, whether the laboratory applied for certification. SEC. 7. FEES. 42 USC 263a-6. The Secretary may require the payment of fees for the purpose of, and in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of, administering th^s Act. A State operating a program under section 3 may require the payment of fees for the purpose of, and in an amount sufficient to cover the costs of, administering its program. SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 42 USC 263a-7. For purposes of this Act: (1) ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY.— The term assisted reproductive technology" means all treatments or procedures which include the handling of human oocytes or embryos, including in vitro fertilization, gamete intrafallopian transfer, zygote intrsifallopian transfer, and such other specific technologies as the Secretary may include in this definition, after maJdng public any proposed definition in such manner as to facilitate comment from any person (including any Federal or other public agency). (2) EMBRYO LABORATORY.— The term "embryo laboratory" means a facility in which human ooc^ytes are subject to assisted reproductive technology treatment or procedures based on manipulation of oo<^tes or embryos which are subject to implantation. (3) SECRETARY.— The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.