Constitution of State Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Board

Section 26 of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 deals with constitution of State Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Board. Each State and Union territory having Legislature shall constitute a Board to be known as the State Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Board or the Union territory Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Board, as the case may be, which shall discharge the following functions, nam The Act came into force on 25 Jan 2022.

Each State and Union territory having Legislature shall constitute a Board to be known as the State Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Board or the Union territory Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Board, as the case may be, which shall discharge the following functions, namely:—

(i) to review the activities of the appropriate authorities functioning in the State or Union territory and recommend appropriate action against them;

(ii) to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations made thereunder and make suitable recommendations relating thereto, to the Board;

(iii) to send such consolidated reports as may be prescribed, in respect of the various activities undertaken in the State under the Act, to the Board and the Central Government; and

(iv) such other functions as may be prescribed.

Section 26, The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 (Act 47 of 2021).