                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISCLOSURE FOR CERTAIN TREATMENT OF INFERTILITY (§ 54.1-2971.1)

Before a physician commences treatment of a patient by in vitro fertilization,
gamete intrafallopian tube transfer, or zygote intrafallopian tube transfer,
including the administration of drugs for the stimulation or suppression of
ovulation prefatory thereto, a disclosure form shall have been executed by the
patient which includes, but need not be limited to, the rates of success for the
particular procedure at the clinic or hospital where the procedure is to be
performed. The information disclosed to the patient shall include the testing
protocol used to ensure that gamete donors are free from known infection with
human immunodeficiency viruses, the total number of live births, the number of
live births as a percentage of completed retrieval cycles, and the rates for
clinical pregnancy and delivery per completed retrieval cycle bracketed by age
groups consisting of women under thirty years of age, women aged thirty through
thirty-four years, women aged thirty-five through thirty-nine years, and women
aged forty years and older.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 492; 1995, c. 519.