I was a sperm, egg or embryo donor AFTER 1 January 2010.
I donated after 1 January 2010 – what do I have to do?Mandatory Information:
Who can access my information?
Can I remove my information from the Register?
What kind of information can I get about offspring from my donated sperm, eggs or embryos?
What do I have to do to register or apply for information?
How will the Ministry of Health let me know?
FAQs
Before registering or applying for information from the NSW Health Central Register, the NSW Ministry of Health strongly recommends that you discuss this matter with a counsellor.
I donated after 1 January 2010 - what do I have to do?
Nothing. ART Providers will have already collected the required mandatory information from you when you donated your sperm, eggs or embryos. From 2028, an adult (18 years) conceived from your sperm, eggs or embryos can apply for identifying information about you. In the interim, parents of a donor conceived child can apply for non-identifying information.
Mandatory Information:
If you donated after 1 January 2010, or if your previously donated sperm eggs and embryos were used after 1 January 2010, the ART Provider would have collected the following mandatory information from you for the Central Register:
- full name, residential address, date and place of birth
- ethnicity and physical characteristics
- medical history or genetic test results of the donor or the donor’s family that are relevant to the future health of:
(i) a person undergoing ART treatment involving the use of
the donated sperm, eggs or embryo, or
(ii) any offspring born as a result of that treatment, or
(iii) any descendent of any such offspring,
- The name of each ART provider where you had donated sperm, eggs or embryos and the date each donation occurred
- The sex and year of birth of each offspring
Once any donor conceived offspring have turned 18 (ie. in 2028), they can apply to the Central Register for any or all of the above identifying information.
Who can access my information?
Those born as a result of donated sperm, eggs or embryos after 1 January 2010, can apply to access identifying information about their donor once they have turned 18 years of age (ie. in 2028).
In addition, parents of a child born as a result of donated sperm, eggs or embryo after 1 January 2010, can seek to access information prior to the child being 18 years in the event of a medical emergency or life threatening situation. Should this occur parents of those who are donor conceived after 1 January 2010, can apply to the NSW Ministry of Health Director- General for assistance in being given necessary information about their child’s donor.
Can I remove my information from the Register?
All mandatory information remains on the Central Register.
What kind of information can I get about offspring from my donated sperm, eggs or embryos?
For donations resulting in conception after January 2010, mandatory non identifying information held by the Ministry of Healthcan be provided as prescribed by law. This currently includes the sex and year of birth of any offspring from their sperm, eggs or embryos.
Identifying information can be provided to parents of children who are donor conceived after 1 January 2010 without consent but only in special circumstances.
What do I have to do to register or apply for information?
Before registering or applying for information NSW Health strongly recommends that you discuss this matter with a counsellor.
To register or apply, download the forms and send them into the NSW Ministry of Health along with 100 certified points of identification.
How will the Ministry of Health let me know?
When an authenticated match has been made between donor and offspring/other offspring, the Ministry of Health will notify you via Registered Post that a match has been made. To ensure you are able to receive the result in a supported way, you will also receive information about how to access counselling and the relevant ART Provider.
FAQs
A list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) provide further detail about the Central Register.