Policy Current and anticipated regulation of assisted reproductive technology (ART) will be discussed. Laboratory management will be covered extensively and will include development of quality control and quality assurance programs for ART and andrology laboratories, Basic ethics principles will be introduced and ethical issues associated with the practice of ART will focus on controversial and research procedures, including embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, fetal reduction, nuclear and cytoplasmic transfer, embryo freezing and storage, gestational hosts and surrogacy. Legal cases and rulings will be used to demonstrate liabilities associated with the medical and laboratory practice or ART.