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Code · U.S. Code · Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · CHAPTER 43— DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES · SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL PROVISIONS · § 3515b

§ 3515b. Prohibition on funding certain experiments involving human participants

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None of the funds appropriated by this Act or subsequent Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts shall be used to pay for any research program or project or any program, project, or course which is of an experimental nature, or any other activity involving human participants, which is determined by the Secretary or a court of competent jurisdiction to present a danger to the physical, mental, or emotional well-being of a participant or subject of such program, project, or course, without the written, informed consent of each participant or subject, or a participant’s parents or legal guardian, if such participant or subject is under eighteen years of age.
The Secretary shall adopt appropriate regulations respecting this section.
(Pub. L. 102–394, title II, § 211, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1812.)
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  • Pub. L. 102–394, title II, § 211
  • 106 Stat. 1812
  • Pub. L. 102–170, title II, § 211
  • 105 Stat. 1127
  • Pub. L. 101–517, title II, § 212
  • 104 Stat. 2209
  • Pub. L. 101–166, title II, § 215
  • 103 Stat. 1178
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§ 3515b
Prohibition on funding certain experiments involving human participants
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–394, title II, § 211
Stat.106 Stat. 1812
Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–170, title II, § 211
Stat.105 Stat. 1127
Pub. L.Pub. L. 101–517, title II, § 212
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