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The Victorian government is introducing legislation it says will make IVF clinics safer and more accountable following high-profile bungles by private providers.
As part of the changes, the state's health minister will have the power to personally intervene to cancel a provider's registration.
The government initiated an urgent review of IVF practices last year after embryo mix-ups involving private provider Monash IVF.
In April 2025, the fertility group apologised after a patient unknowingly gave birth to a stranger's baby after the wrong embryo was transferred.
Just two months later it was revealed Monash IVF incorrectly transferred the wrong embryo into a patient in Melbourne.
The bungles led to a national rapid review led by the Victorian Department of Health that looked at regulation and accreditation in the sector.
The government said the review "identified significant shortcomings in the current national system, including a lack of consistency across states."
The Victorian government has announced it will introduce an amendment to the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008 that it says will give the health department "stronger powers".
The new legislation includes stronger...