One model for this would be the recently established program to certify laboratories that provide assisted reproduction services. This program, initiated by the federal government, but up to the states to adopt, would create standards for, among other things, the quality of laboratory procedures, services, and personnel. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Implementation of the Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification Act of 1992—A Model Program for the Certification of Embryo Laboratories." Federal Register 64: 39374-39392 (21 July 1999).