2005 Illinois Code - Chapter 30 Finance 30 ILCS 785/ Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research Act.
(30 ILCS 785/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Inclusion of Women and
Minorities in Clinical Research Act. (Source: P.A. 93‑514, eff. 1‑1‑04.)
(30 ILCS 785/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act: "Grantee" means any qualified public, private, or not‑for‑profit agency or
individual, including, but not limited to, a college, university, hospital,
laboratory,
research institution, local health department, voluntary health agency, health
maintenance
organization, corporation, student, fellow, or entrepreneur, conducting
clinical research
using State funds. A grantee may also be a corporation that is headquartered in
Illinois
and that conducts research using State funds. "Minority group" means a group that is a readily identifiable subset of the U.S. population that is distinguished by racial, ethnic, or cultural heritage. The following racial and ethnic categories shall be used as guidelines: (1) "American Indian or Alaskan Native" means a
person having origins in any of the original native peoples of North America and who maintains a cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition.
(2) "Asian or Pacific Islander" means a person having
origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands, including, but not limited to, China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa.
(3) "Black" means someone not of Hispanic origin
having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
(4) "Hispanic" means a person of Mexican, Puerto
Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
"Project of clinical research" includes a clinical trial. (Source: P.A. 93‑514, eff. 1‑1‑04; 93‑787, eff. 1‑1‑05.)
(30 ILCS 785/10) Sec. 10. Inclusion of women and minorities. Except as provided in Section
15
or 30, in conducting or supporting a project of clinical research, a grantee
must do all of
the following: (1) Ensure that women, including, but not limited
to, women over the age of 40 years, are included as subjects in each research project.
(2) Ensure that members of minority groups are
included as subjects in each research project.
(3) Conduct or support outreach programs for the
recruitment of women and members of minority groups as subjects in projects of clinical research.
(4) Comply with the National Institutes of Health
Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research.
(30 ILCS 785/15) Sec. 15. Exceptions. The requirements established in Sections 10 and 25
regarding women and members of minority groups do not apply to a project of
clinical
research if the inclusion of women and members of minority groups as subjects
in the
project is inappropriate because of either of the following: (1) The health and safety of the subjects. (2) The purpose of the research. (Source: P.A. 93‑514, eff. 1‑1‑04.)
(30 ILCS 785/20) Sec. 20. Manner of conducting trial. In a clinical trial in which women
or
members of minority groups will be included as subjects as required under
Section 10, a
grantee must ensure that the trial is designed and carried out in a manner
sufficient to
provide for a valid analysis of whether the variables being studied in the
trial affect
women or members of minority groups, as the case may be, differently than other
subjects in the trial. (Source: P.A. 93‑514, eff. 1‑1‑04.)
(30 ILCS 785/25) Sec. 25. Grantee bound by terms of Act. In any grant, or in any contract
by
a
grantee under a grant, the grantee or contracting party must acknowledge, agree
to, and be
bound by the terms of this Act. (Source: P.A. 93‑514, eff. 1‑1‑04.)
(30 ILCS 785/30) Sec. 30. Grantee's compliance with 2000 National Institutes of Health
guidelines. If a grantee is in compliance with the 2000 National Institutes of
Health
guidelines, the grantee shall be deemed to be in compliance with this Act. (Source: P.A. 93‑514, eff. 1‑1‑04.)
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