Department of Health

Donor conception register services

Support for donors, people who are donor-conceived, parents who used a donor and their families to access information in the Central and Voluntary Registers.

Key messages

  • From 1 January 2025, the regulation of Assisted Reproductive Treatment (ART) and the management of Victoria's donor conception registers transferred from the Victorian Reproductive Treatment Authority (VARTA) to the Department of Health (the Department) under the Health Legislation Amendment (Regulatory Reform) Act 2024.
  • The Department is updating the processes for managing applications and sharing information from the donor conception registers.
  • For further information on these changes or to update your contact details, email the Donor Conception Register team at dcr@health.vic.gov.au.

Update to management of applications and information sharing

Information on the updated management of donor conception registers. Find out what this means for your application.

The Voluntary Register for sharing details of donor conception

Guidance for donors, donor-conceived adults, parents, or descendants of donor-conceived people seeking information from the Voluntary Register.

The Central Register of donor conception treatment details

A database holding names and dates of birth of all parties to donor conception treatment: donor-conceived people, their parents and donors.

Writing your Statement of Reasons for donor conception registers

A Statement of Reasons form describes why individuals have applied for information and what they would like to happen in the short and long term

Reviewed 24 November 2025

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Contact us

Donor Conception Register team

dcr@health.vic.gov.au
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