Amendment ART Regulation Rules, 2022 Qualification of Andrologist

EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 394] NEW DEL HI, TUES DAY, JULY 11, 2023/ASHADHA 20, 194 5 CG-DL-E-11072023-247228 MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (Department of Health Research) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 11th July, 202 3 G.S.R . 493(E).—In exercise of the powers confer red by section 42 of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 (42 of 2021), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, further to amend the Assist ed Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Rules, 2022, namely: — 1. (1) These rules may be called the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2023 . (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette. 2. In the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Rules, 2022, sub-section (c) (ii) of Para A in Part 1 of Schedule 1 shall be substituted as under: — “The Andrologist shall be MCh/DNB in urology or MS General Surgery or FNB/MCh /DM in reproductive medicine with minimum 2 years experience and having hands -on experience of minimum 15 surgical sperm retrieval (namely PESA / TESA / TESE / MESA / MICROTESE procedures). ” [F. No. U.11019/14/2022 -HR] ANU NAGAR , Jt. Secy. Note : The Assisted Reproductive Techn ology (Regulation) Rules, 2022 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i) vide notification number G.S.R.419 (E), dated the 7th June, 2022 and subsequently amended vide notification number G.S.R.771 (E), dated the 10th October, 2022 and vide G.S.R. 126 (E), dated the 24 th February, 2023. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publicatio ns, Delhi -110054.