Regulations for Assisted Reproduction Institution Permit Article 19

Where a sperm bank fails to meet certain standards in the permit renewal review process as prescribed in the proceeding article, but requiring improvement within a prescribed period of time may be allowed under such circumstances, the competent authority may grant a provisional permit with no more than six months validity period with explicit statement of items to be improved and the corresponding deadline, or shall require the director of the sperm bank to receive at least 150 hours of training in one month period at a medical care institution as prescribed in Article 4, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1.If the above-described sperm bank submits proof of improvement prior to the improvement deadline, and passes review, the competent authority shall issue a permit; such a permit is valid for three years from the date of the expiration of the original permit; where the sperm bank fails to submit the proof of improvement as described in the proceeding paragraph, it shall not continue to operate the sperm bank after expiration of the provisional permit.