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This unit cannot be established outside the building complex of the
hospital. Furthermore, only one center may be established within the
hospital. In this manner, applications filed after the enforcement date of
the regulation in order to establish centers to be operated privately will not
be accepted. Applications which had been filed with district authorities
in order to establish private centers as of the enforcement date of the
Regulation in accordance with the abrogated Regulation on Assisted
Reproductive Treatment Applications dated 21/08/1987, will be evaluated
by the Ministry.
The centers which had been licensed or given permission to operate in
hospitals and medical centers for the purpose of operating within the scope
of the abrogated Regulation and the centers licensed privately operating
outside of the hospital and medical centers must comply with the new
Regulation.
The Officer of the ART Unit and the ART Laboratory Will Be
Employed Full Time/In-House
Pursuant to the Regulation, the managing director, ART Unit officer,
ART laboratory officer, urologist, anesthetist, reanimation specialist,
nurse, biologist, and other personnel with the qualifications specified in
the Regulation will be employed in the centers.
Themanaging director of the hospital will also be themanaging director
of the center. The officer of the ART Unit and the ART Laboratory will
be employed full time/in house in accordance with the relevant legislation.
The urologist, anesthetist, and reanimation specialist can be employed full
time or part time in accordance with the relevant legislation.
Recording System Will Be Formed In the Centers for Safekeeping
the Data of the Patients
Pursuant to the Regulation, applicants who apply for ART must be
married and must proceed by filling out the Informed Consent Form.
The application of the patient filed with the center, all the concluded
proceedings, samples to be stored, and information with regard to
completed procedures will be recorded. In case of the use of electronic
recording systems, sufficient and safe back up must be used.