Short title:
National Health Research Act
Long title:
An Act to establish the National Health Research Authority and provide for its functions and powers: establish the National Health Research Ethics Board and provide for its functions and powers; provide a regulatory framework for the development, regulation, financing and coordination of health research and ensure the development of consistent health research standards and guidelines for ethically sound health research; provide for the establishment of health research ethics committees and the regulation and management of research institutions, health researchers and health establishments involved in or undertaking research; provide for the regulation of biological material for health research; provide for ethical approval for the conduct of clinical trials; provide for the use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicines in health research; provide for data management and intellectual property rights in health research; provide for the designation of bio banks; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Year of Act:
2013
Number of Act:
2
Date of assent:
21 March 2013
Date of commencement:
22 March 2013
In force:
Yes
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