Czech legislation

Donor Anonymity

Citation: 227/2006 Coll. Part: 75/2006 Coll.

Section 21

Act No. 20/1966 Coll., on Public Health Care, is hereby amended as follows:

(9) The health care institution providing the assisted reproduction shall be obliged to maintain the anonymity of both the donor and infertile couple, and the donor and child born of assisted reproduction. To maintain the anonymity of the donor and infertile couple and of the donor and child shall be also the liability of each medical worker who learnt this fact.

(10) Upon request of

a) a woman or man from the infertile couple prior to the beginning of the artificial insemination procedure, or

b) a legal representative of a child born of assisted reproduction or adult person born of assisted reproduction, the physician of the health care institution, where the health ability of a potential donor was assessed, shall furnish information on findings having a direct impact on development of the health state of a child or person born of assisted reproduction, particularly information on any discovered genetic endowment or dispositions.

Section 27f

(1) The health care institution, where the health qualification of a potential donor was assessed, shall be obliged to pass on data on the donor’s health state to the health care institution performing the artificial insemination. The health care institution, where the artificial insemination was performed, shall be obliged to store these data for at least 30 years since the use of gametes.

© Translated by Pavel Kurfürst