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Human Subjects Manual

IX. Laws, Regulations, and Codes

What follows is a list of laws, regulations, and codes that are relevant to the human subjects protections process. Rather than include the documents, links sites from which the reader can down load the documents are provided.

  1. 45 Code of Federal Regulations Part 46:
    (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regulations for the protection of human research subjects)

  2. 21 Code of Federal Regulations 50 and 56

  3. Chapter 42.48 RCW, Release of Records for Research:
    (State of Washington Code on the protection of research records with personal identifiers):
    at this site, search RCW for 42.48

  4. Chapter 70.02 RCW
    Medical Records--Health Care Information Access and Disclosure: (State of Washington Code on the protection of health care information from disclosure):
    at this site, search RCW for 70.02

  5. The Belmont Report:
    Report of the Belmont Commission on the protection of human subjects)

  6. University of Washington Multiple Project Assurance Document:
    (The UW's agreement with DHHS assuring compliance with federal regulations in the review of projects involving human subjects in research)

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