| Legal status |
PERMISSIVE WITH RESTRICTIONS |
| Key organization |
1. Ministry of Health |
| Policy |
Latvia has no specific regulations on hESC, but allow some research on supernumerary IVF embryos.
Creation of human embryos por research purposes is prohibited. |
| Legislation |
Sex and Reproductive Health Law, Sections 15-20 (2004) |
| Legislation Link |
http://www.vvc.gov.lv/export/sites/default/docs/LRTA/Likumi/Sexual_and_Reproductive_Health_Law.doc |
| Embryonic stem cell research policy |
Latvia has no specific regulations on hESC, but allow some research on supernumerary IVF embryos. |
| Research with embryo |
Latvia has no specific regulations on hESC, but allow some research on supernumerary IVF embryos. |
| Embryo donation and cryopreservation |
Creation of human embryos por research purposes is prohibited. |
| Somatic cell nuclear transfer |
not regulated |
| Privacy and data protection |
2. Personal Data Protection Law, www.vvc.gov.lv/.../Personal_Data_Protection.doc |
