Article 39 of the Saudi Fertility Units Law

This article deals with matters not provided for in the Fertility Units Law. The Law does not cover every aspect of the units' work, so the article names the regulations to which one turns:

1. The Law of Practicing the Profession of Human Medicine and Dentistry.
2. The Private Health Institutions Law.
3. The Law of Practicing the Profession of Pharmacy.
4. Other related regulations.

This means that the Fertility Units Law is the specific reference on fertilization, embryo and infertility treatment matters. Where it contains a provision, that provision applies, and where it contains none, one turns to these general regulations. The article does not state the content of those regulations, so their own texts must be consulted.

Under Article 1, a unit is any medical unit, government or private, that carries out fertilization, embryo and infertility treatment procedures, whether independent or part of a health institution; the rule covers all of them.

This article follows Article 38, which allows publishing the operative part of the final penalty decision at the violator's expense. It is followed by Article 40, which obliges the Minister to issue the Implementing Regulations within 120 days of the date the Law is published and to publish them in the Official Gazette.

A person facing a question for which they find no provision in this Law may consult a lawyer who specializes in health regulations to determine the applicable regulation.