Fertility and Sterility
Volume 78, Issue 5 , Pages 932-942 , November 2002

Regulation of assisted reproductive technologies in the United States

  • David Adamson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David Adamson, M.D., 540 University Avenue, Suite 200, Palo Alto, California 94301 USA (FAX: 650-322-1730)
    • Fertility Physicians of Northern California, Palo Alto, California USA

Received 11 January 2002 ,Revised 17 April 2002 ,Accepted 17 April 2002.

References 

  1. Approaches to ART oversight: what’s best in the U.S.? Washington, D.C.: Centers for Disease Control Conference Summary, 12–13 February. 1998;
  2. The Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-493).
  3. Rules and Regulations of the State of New York, Part 52 of Title 10 (Health). Tissue Banks and Non-transplant Anatomic Banks. Albany, New York: State of New York Department of Health; 1992;
  4. California Health and Safety Code. Division 2, Chapter 4.1: Tissue Banks. Berkeley, CA: State of California, Department of Health Services; 1992;
  5. The College of American Pathologists/American Society for Reproductive Medicine Reproductive laboratory accreditation program. Northfield, IL: College of American Pathologists, 1996.
  6. American Society for Reproductive Medicine and Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology. Birmingham, AL.
  7. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Washington, DC.
  8. Chapko KM, Weaver MR, Chapko MK, Pasta D, Adamson GD. Stability of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer success rates from the 1989, 1990, and 1991 clinic-specific outcome assessments. Fertil Steril. 1995;64:757–763
  9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Reporting pregnancy success rates from assisted reproductive technology programs. 1997; 62CFR45259, 26 August
  10. Implementation of the Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification Act of 1992: Proposed model program for the certification of embryo laboratories; notice. Federal Register 63(215); 6 November 1998 (60178-60189).
  11. Establishment registration and listing for manufacturers of human cellular and tissue-based products. Federal Register 63(93); 14 May 1998 (26744–26755).
  12. The American Association of Tissue Banks standards for tissue banking. McLean, VA: American Association of Tissue Banks; 1996;
  13. Assisted reproductive technologies analysis and recommendations for public policy. New York: The New York State Task Force on Life and the Law; 1998; April
  14. Oversight of the assisted reproductive technologies. Somerville, MA: RESOLVE, Presented at: Approaches to ART oversight: What’s best in the U.S.? Washington, D.C.: Centers for Disease Control Conference Summary, February 12–13, 1998.
  15. The Goal of NCOART. NCOART Minutes, 26 October 1998.

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Fertility and Sterility
Volume 78, Issue 5 , Pages 932-942 , November 2002