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National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction (NECAHR)

Annual Report to the Minister of Health for the year ending 31 December 2002


Date of publication: June 2003

Summary

The Minister of Health has released the Annual Report of the National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction (NECAHR) for the year ending December 2002.

NECAHR was established under section 46 of the Health and Disability Services Act 1993 and reconstituted under sections 11 and 16(3) of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000. Since 1993, applications for ethical approval of assisted human reproduction research and innovative treatment have been assessed nationally by NECAHR and its predecessor, the Interim National Ethics Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technologies.

NECAHR's functions are to:
  • review assisted human reproductive proposals (including health research and innovative treatment) to determine whether they are ethical and, in particular, whether:
    • the rights of the people involved will be protected
    • proper account will be taken of the ethical perspectives of Maori, and other cultural, ethnic, religious, and social groups in New Zealand
  • develop for providers protocols and guidelines relating to the ethical issues involved with aspects of assisted human reproduction
  • advise the Minister of Health on ethical issues relating to assisted human reproduction
  • consider any other matters relating to assisted human reproduction determined by the Minister of Health.

NECAHR’s terms of reference (see Appendix 1) were amended in June 2002 to bring them into line, where practicable, with the Operational Standard for Ethics Committees.
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NECAHR - Annual Report for the year ending 31 December 2002 (PDF, 137 KB)

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Date of publication: June 2003

ISBN numbers: Book 0-478-25678-7, Website 0-478-25679-5
HP 3671

Citation: National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction. June 2003. National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction: Annual Report to the
Minister of Health for the year ended 31 December 2002. Wellington: Ministry of Health.

Related information

NECAHR no longer exists. In New Zealand, the area of assisted reproductive technology is now covered by two committees:

Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ACART)
Ethics Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ECART)

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