The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on June 17, 2026, issued the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2026 to further amend the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Rules, 2022.
The following amendments have been stated:
• After rule 7, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-
“7A. Mode of payment of registration fee and its utilisation.- The fee for registration of assisted reproductive technology clinic or bank shall be deposited in a bank account opened in the name of the official designation of the appropriate authority concerned and shall be utilised by the appropriate authority in connection with the activities connected with implementation of the provisions of the Act and rules made thereunder.”;
• After rule 8, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-
“8A. The conditions, form and fee for application of renewal of certificate of registration of clinic or bank under section 17.-
(1) An application for renewal of a certificate of registration shall be made by the assisted reproductive technology clinics in Form 1 and by the Assisted reproductive technology banks in Form-2 to the appropriate authority through the National Registry portal, sixty days before the date of expiry of such certificate of registration.
(2) Every application for renewal of registration under sub-rule (1) shall be accompanied with a nonrefundable fee of –
(i) twenty-five thousand rupees for Level 1 assisted reproductive technology clinic;
(ii) one lakh rupees for Level 2 assisted reproductive technology clinic;
(iii) twenty-five thousand rupees for assisted reproductive technology bank.
(3) Where an application for renewal of registration of any assisted reproductive technology clinic or assisted reproductive technology bank is not received within a period of sixty days before the date of expiry of its certificate of registration, the following application fees as applicable in case of initial registration shall be required to be paid namely:-
(i) fifty thousand rupees for Level 1 assisted reproductive technology clinic;
(ii) two lakh rupees for Level 2 assisted reproductive technology clinic; and
(iii) fifty thousand rupees for assisted reproductive technology bank: Provided that establishments in the Government-run institutes need not pay any fee for the renewal of certificate of registration.
(4) After submission of the online application for renewal of certificate of registration on the National Registry portal, a PDF printout of the filled-in application form, duly signed by the authorised signatory on behalf of the clinic or bank, shall be submitted to the appropriate authority of the respective State Government or Union territory Administration and the application for renewal shall be considered only from the date the prescribed fee, along with the PDF copy of the application, is received by the appropriate authority.
(5) The fee for renewal of certificate of registration shall be deposited in a bank account opened in the name of the official designation of the appropriate authority concerned and shall be utilised by the appropriate authority in connection with the activities connected with implementation of the provisions of the Act and rules made thereunder.
(6) On receipt of the application for renewal of certificate of registration, the appropriate authority shall, within a period of sixty days,-
(a) after inspection and satisfying itself that the applicant has complied with all the requirements prescribed under the Act and rules made thereunder, renew the certificate of registration of the clinic or bank as specified in Form 3, subject to the provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder; or
(b) reject such application for reasons to be recorded in writing, if that application does not conform to the provisions of the Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder: Provided that no application for renewal of registration shall be rejected without giving an opportunity of being heard to the applicant.
(7) If an application for renewal of registration of any assisted reproductive technology clinic or bank is rejected by the appropriate authority, no fee shall be required to be paid on re-submission of the renewal application by the applicant for the same clinic or bank, if it complies with the provisions of the Act, or the rules or regulations made thereunder, as the case may be.
(8) The intimation with regard to renewal of certificate of registration or rejection of application for such renewal shall be made to the State Board.
(9) The renewed certificate of registration shall be displayed by the assisted reproductive technology clinic or bank at a conspicuous place at its place of business.
(10) The renewal of certificate of registration shall be valid for a further period of five years from the date of expiry of the certificate of registration earlier granted.”.
They shall come into force on June 17, 2026.
[Notification No. G.S.R.491(E)]
