2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 43 - Department of Health and Human Services (Sections 3501 - 3527)
Subchapter I - General Provisions (Sections 3501 - 3515e)
Sec. 3515b - Prohibition on funding certain experiments involving human participants

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 43 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 3515b - Prohibition on funding certain experiments involving human participants
Containssection 3515b
Date2014
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 5, 2015
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 102-394, title II, §211, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1812.
Statutes at Large References103 Stat. 1178
104 Stat. 2209
105 Stat. 1127
106 Stat. 1812
Public and Private LawsPublic Law 101-166, Public Law 101-517, Public Law 102-170, Public Law 102-394

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42 U.S.C. § 3515b (2014)
§3515b. Prohibition on funding certain experiments involving human participants

None of the funds appropriated by this Act or subsequent Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts shall be used to pay for any research program or project or any program, project, or course which is of an experimental nature, or any other activity involving human participants, which is determined by the Secretary or a court of competent jurisdiction to present a danger to the physical, mental, or emotional well-being of a participant or subject of such program, project, or course, without the written, informed consent of each participant or subject, or a participant's parents or legal guardian, if such participant or subject is under eighteen years of age. The Secretary shall adopt appropriate regulations respecting this section.

(Pub. L. 102–394, title II, §211, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1812.)

PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

Pub. L. 102–170, title II, §211, Nov. 26, 1991, 105 Stat. 1127.

Pub. L. 101–517, title II, §212, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2209.

Pub. L. 101–166, title II, §215, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1178.

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