10 U.S.C. § 980 — Limitation on use of humans as experimental subjects
submitted 42 years ago by Pub. L. 98-525 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 139 words · no verdicts yet
This section covers limitation on use of humans as experimental subjects. (a) Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense cannot be used for research involving a human being as an experimental subject unless— (1) the informed consent of the subject is obtained in advance; or (2) in the case of research intended to be beneficial to the subject, the informed consent of the subject or a legal representative of the subject is obtained in advance. (b) (1) The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition in this section about a specific research project to advance the development of a medical product necessary to the armed forces if the research project may directly benefit the subject and is carried out under all other applicable laws.
(a) Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense cannot be used for research involving a human being as an experimental subject unless— (1) the informed consent of the subject is obtained in advance; or (2) in the case of research intended to be beneficial to the subject, the informed consent of the subject or a legal representative of the subject is obtained in advance. (b) (1) The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition in this section about a specific research project to advance the development of a medical product necessary to the armed forces* if the research project may directly benefit the subject and is carried out under all other applicable laws. (2) The Secretary may delegate the authority provided by paragraph (1) to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be used for research involving a human being as an experimental subject unless—
the informed consent of the subject is obtained in advance; or
in the case of research intended to be beneficial to the subject, the informed consent of the subject or a legal representative of the subject is obtained in advance.
The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition in this section with respect to a specific research project to advance the development of a medical product necessary to the armed forces* if the research project may directly benefit the subject and is carried out in accordance with all other applicable laws.
The Secretary may delegate the authority provided by paragraph (1) to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1401(c)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2615; amended Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title VII, § 733, Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1170; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title II, § 212, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 183.)
- 1984Enacted · Pub. L. 98-525 · 98 Stat. 2615
- 2001Amended · Pub. L. 107-107 · 115 Stat. 1170
- 2023Amended · Pub. L. 118-31 · 137 Stat. 183
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 98-525 on 1984-10-19.
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