Surrogacy Amendment Rules, 2022 Qualification of Andrologist

EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 395] NEW DEL HI, TUES DAY, JULY 11, 2023/ASHADHA 20, 194 5 CG-DL-E-11072023-247221 MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (Department of Health Research) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 11 th July, 2023 G.S.R . 494(E).—In exercise of the powers con ferred by section 50 of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 (47 of 2021), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, further to amend the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022, namely: - 1. (1) These rules may be called the Surrogacy (Regulation ) Amendment Rules, 2023. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in Official Gazette. 2. In the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022, sub -section (b) of Para 2 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 shall be substituted as under: - “The Andrologist s hall be MCh/DNB in urology or MS General Surgery or FNB/MCh /DM in reproductive medicine with minimum 2 years experience and havin g hands -on experience of minimum 15 surgical sperm retrieval (namely PESA / TESA / TESE / MESA / MICROTESE procedures). ” [F. N o. U.11019/15/2022 -HR] ANU NAGAR, J t. Secy. Note : The Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub -section (i) vide G.S.R. 460 (E) dated 21st June, 2022, and subsequently amended vide notification number vide G.S.R. 772 (E) dated 10th October, 2022, G.S.R. 179 (E) dated 14th March, 2023 and G. S.R. 415(E) dated 8th June, 2023 . Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Pu blished by the Controller of Publicatio ns, Delhi -110054.