Prenatal diagnostic procedures cannot be conducted unless

Prenatal diagnostic procedures cannot be conducted unless

(i) all side-and after-effects of such
procedures have been explained to the concerned pregnant woman,

(ii) age of the pregnant woman to
be above thirty five years and she has undergone two or more spontaneous abortions or foetal loss,

(iii) pregnant woman had been exposed to potentially
teratogenic agents, such as drugs, radiation, infection
or chemicals,

(iv) pregnant woman or her spouse has a family history of mental retardation or physical deformities, such as spasticity or any other genetic disease,

(v) her written consent to undergo such procedures to be obtained in the language which she understands and a copy of her written consent to be given to the concerned pregnant woman, and

(vi) communication of sex of the foetus by words, signs or
in any other manner to the concerned pregnant woman
or her relatives or any other person to be prohibite