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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 8 Hansard (9 August) . . Page.. 2956 ..

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ACT Health and Community Care Ethics Committee

Established under: Health Services Act 1990 (S21)

Date established: 30 April 1991

Terms of operation: National Health and Medical Research Council, National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Research Involving Humans (June 1999)

Reports to: Minister for Health Housing and Community Services

Terms of Reference

To consider ethical implications of all proposed research projects that involve clients or staff of the Health and Community Care Portfolio and to determine whether or not they are acceptable on ethical grounds.

To provide the surveillance and monitoring of research projects until completion so that the Committee maybe satisfied that they continue to conform with approved ethical standards.

To maintain a record of all proposed research projects, so that the following items of information are readily available:

Name of responsible Institution;

Notification of Indemnity;

Project identification number;

Principal Investigator(s);

Short title of project;

Ethical approval or non-approval with date; and

Dates designated for review.

(The protocols of research projects shall be preserved in the form in which they are approved.)

To establish and maintain communication with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) Australian Health Ethics Committee and provide access, upon request, to information in the Ethics Committee's records.

To consider, and provide advice, on ethical considerations associated with issues referred to it by the Minister or the community.

The Committee to be appointed by the Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services for a period of three years.

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