TEALE FENNING Medical Education    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  mrcog courses for doctors infertility - legal aspects          TEALE FENNING Forum Index -> MRCOG Part 2: MCQ & Past Paper questions View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message rpwalavalkar Teale Fenning Administrator Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 918 Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 1:40 pm    Post subject: infertility - legal aspects hi all, was doing some Saturday afternoon reading and thought these will be fun to solve........ true or false -- 1. The HFEA act was passed in the year 1992. 2. The HFEA holds a register of all babies born following IVF treatments. 3. Children born as a result of IVF in the UK, now have a right to know who the biological parents were. 4. HFEA code of practice requires any clinic providing fertility treatment in the UK, to have a trained counselor. 5. In case of a child born using donor sperm, the person donating the sperm is the legal parent of the child untill parentage is transfered after birth. 6. In case of pregnancy following donor eggs, the birth mother and not the woman donating the eggs, is the legal parent of the child born. 7. Surrogate mother and her husband / partner are the legal parents of the child born, untill the child is adopted by the commissioning parents. 8. Surrogacy agreement between the surrogate and the commissioning couple is not legally enforceable by the UK law. _________________ Dr Miss. Raj Walavalkar MBBS MRCOG TealeFenning Administrator SpR O&G Wessex Region Back to top cpeedahsa Century Club Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 788 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:45 pm    Post subject: Re: infertility - legal aspects rpwalavalkar wrote: true or false -- 1. The HFEA act was passed in the year 1992. false Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act passed in year 1990 The Act has been amended in 2000 and 2001, to allow the use of a dead person's sperm in IVF to allow the creation of embryos for therapeutic cloning research . Back to top cpeedahsa Century Club Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 788 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:54 pm    Post subject: Re: infertility - legal aspects rpwalavalkar wrote: 2. The HFEA holds a register of all babies born following IVF treatments. True One of the key differentiating factors between the HFEA in the UK and similar authorities in other countries is that the UK alone requires all treatment cycles of IVF, or any procedure whereby gametes or embryos are manipulated, stored and/or used for treatments or research, to be reported to the authority along with details of both procedures and outcomes. In the UK, clinics are required by law to record and submit clinical data on all such treatments and they can lose their license if they fail to comply with this policy. Back to top rpwalavalkar Teale Fenning Administrator Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 918 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:00 pm    Post subject: Re: infertility - legal aspects cpeedahsa wrote: rpwalavalkar wrote: true or false -- 1. The HFEA act was passed in the year 1992. false Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act passed in year 1990 The Act has been amended in 2000 and 2001, to allow the use of a dead person's sperm in IVF to allow the creation of embryos for therapeutic cloning research . that's right. the act was passed in 1990 and was later amended in 2000 and 2001. on 20th May UK MPs have voted in favor of hybrid human embryos and the act should be up for review soon. _________________ Dr Miss. Raj Walavalkar MBBS MRCOG TealeFenning Administrator SpR O&G Wessex Region Back to top rpwalavalkar Teale Fenning Administrator Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 918 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:02 pm    Post subject: Re: infertility - legal aspects cpeedahsa wrote: rpwalavalkar wrote: 2. The HFEA holds a register of all babies born following IVF treatments. True One of the key differentiating factors between the HFEA in the UK and similar authorities in other countries is that the UK alone requires all treatment cycles of IVF, or any procedure whereby gametes or embryos are manipulated, stored and/or used for treatments or research, to be reported to the authority along with details of both procedures and outcomes. In the UK, clinics are required by law to record and submit clinical data on all such treatments and they can lose their license if they fail to comply with this policy. Right again, this is true. They also hold a register of all donor gametes, donor embryos and babies born using these. _________________ Dr Miss. Raj Walavalkar MBBS MRCOG TealeFenning Administrator SpR O&G Wessex Region Back to top cpeedahsa Century Club Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 788 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:18 pm    Post subject: Re: infertility - legal aspects rpwalavalkar wrote: 3. Children born as a result of IVF in the UK, now have a right to know who the biological parents were. True Back to top cpeedahsa Century Club Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 788 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:24 pm    Post subject: Re: infertility - legal aspects rpwalavalkar wrote: 4. HFEA code of practice requires any clinic providing fertility treatment in the UK, to have a trained counselor. True Back to top cpeedahsa Century Club Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 788 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:29 pm    Post subject: Re: infertility - legal aspects rpwalavalkar wrote: hi all, was doing some Saturday afternoon reading and thought these will be fun to solve........ true or false -- 5. In case of a child born using donor sperm, the person donating the sperm is the legal parent of the child untill parentage is transfered after birth. False Back to top rpwalavalkar Teale Fenning Administrator Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 918 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:29 pm    Post subject: Yes 3 & 4 are true. r _________________ Dr Miss. Raj Walavalkar MBBS MRCOG TealeFenning Administrator SpR O&G Wessex Region Back to top cpeedahsa Century Club Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 788 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:33 pm    Post subject: Re: infertility - legal aspects rpwalavalkar wrote: true or false -- 6. In case of pregnancy following donor eggs, the birth mother and not the woman donating the eggs, is the legal parent of the child born. True Back to top rpwalavalkar Teale Fenning Administrator Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 918 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:38 pm    Post subject: 5 & 6 are correct too. _________________ Dr Miss. Raj Walavalkar MBBS MRCOG TealeFenning Administrator SpR O&G Wessex Region Back to top cpeedahsa Century Club Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 788 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:39 pm    Post subject: Re: infertility - legal aspects rpwalavalkar wrote: 7. Surrogate mother and her husband / partner are the legal parents of the child born, untill the child is adopted by the commissioning parents. True The surrogate mother is the legal mother of the baby. If she is married and her husband agreed to the insemination he is then the legal father. The intended parents can only become the legal parents through legal procedures when the intended parents can legally adopt the child. Since 1st November 1994, intended parents can apply for a parental order: (HFEA Act 1990). This is much simpler and quicker than adoption. To qualify, the child must live with the intended parents and they have to be married, over 18 and living in the UK, Channel Islands or Isle of Man. The intended parents must apply within 6 months of the child's birth. The children from surrogacy arrangements have the right to know the identity of the surrogate mother once they reach the age of 18. Back to top rpwalavalkar Teale Fenning Administrator Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 918 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:41 pm    Post subject: right on. _________________ Dr Miss. Raj Walavalkar MBBS MRCOG TealeFenning Administrator SpR O&G Wessex Region Back to top cpeedahsa Century Club Joined: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 788 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:44 pm    Post subject: Re: infertility - legal aspects rpwalavalkar wrote: 8. Surrogacy agreement between the surrogate and the commissioning couple is not legally enforceable by the UK law. True Back to top rpwalavalkar Teale Fenning Administrator Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 918 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:55 pm    Post subject: asha, That was a 100%. r _________________ Dr Miss. 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