§263a–5 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

§263a–5 Publication

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES › Part Part F— - Licensing of Biological Products and Clinical Laboratories › Subpart subpart 2— - clinical laboratories › § 263a–5

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Summary

The Secretary, through the Centers for Disease Control, must, no later than 3 years after October 24, 1992, and every year after that, publish and send a report to the States and the public. The report must show the pregnancy success rates clinics sent under section 263a–1(a)(1) and name any clinic that failed to report required rates. It must also list embryo laboratories from reports under section 263a–1(a)(2), saying whether each is certified under section 263a–2, certified by an accreditation body approved under section 263a–3 when the State did not adopt the certification program, or, if not certified, whether the lab applied for certification.

Title 42, §263a–5

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The Secretary, through the Centers for Disease Control, shall not later than 3 years after October 24, 1992, and annually thereafter publish and distribute to the States and the public—

(1)(A)11 So in original. No par. (2) has been enacted. pregnancy success rates reported to the Secretary under section 263a–1(a)(1) of this title and, in the case of an assisted reproductive technology program which failed to report one or more success rates as required under such section, the name of each such program and each pregnancy success rate which the program failed to report, and

(B)from information reported under section 263a–1(a)(2) of this title—

(i)the identity of each embryo laboratory in a State which has adopted the certification program under such program and whether such laboratory is certified under section 263a–2 of this title,

(ii)the identity of each embryo laboratory in a State which has not adopted such certification program and which has been certified by an accreditation organization approved by the Secretary under section 263a–3 of this title, and

(iii)in the case of an embryo laboratory which is not certified under section 263a–2 of this title or certified by an accreditation organization approved by the Secretary under section 263a–3 of this title, whether the laboratory applied for certification.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification Act of 1992, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Centers for Disease Control changed to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Pub. L. 102–531, title III, § 312, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3504.

Effective Date

Section effective upon expiration of 2 years after Oct. 24, 1992, see section 9 of Pub. L. 102–493, set out as a note under section 263a–1 of this title.