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 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.
  • Open applications to the Voluntary Register or Central Register submitted to VARTA prior to 1 January 2025 have been transferred to the Department's Donor Conception Register team for processing.
  • New applications from 1 January 2025 should be submitted using the relevant Department of Health application form and submitted directly to the Donor Conception Register team.
  • During this transition period the Department will work to minimise impacts on registry applicants however there will be some delays in processing applications.
  • The existing information and resources on the VARTA website will remain available until 30 June 2025, while content is transferred to the Department of Health's websites.
  • For further information on these changes, please email the Donor Conception Register team at dcr@health.vic.gov.au.

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 30 December 2024

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Contact us

Donor Conception Register team

dcr@health.vic.gov.au
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