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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 1999


Date of publication: 2000

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 1999.

NECAHR was established as a Ministerial advisory committee under section 46 of the Health and Disability Services Act 1993 to provide ethical review of research and
innovative treatment proposals in the field of assisted human reproduction in New Zealand. The current membership of NECAHR and its terms of reference are set out
in Appendices 1 and 2 respectively.

The role of NECAHR is:
  • to review new or untried or innovative assisted human reproductive proposals of national importance to ensure that:
    • ethical aspects are considered
    • rights of patients, donors and any resulting children and participants of research are protected
  • to develop protocols and guidelines to assist regional ethics committees to review assisted reproductive proposals
  • to provide the Minister of Health and National Advisory Committee on Health and Disability Service Ethics with advice on issues relating to assisted human reproduction

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NECAHR - Annual Report for the year ending 31 December 2000 (PDF, 154 KB)

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Publishing information

Citation: National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction. 2000. National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction: Annual Report to the
Minister of Health for the year ended 31 December 1999. 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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