2016 US Code
Title 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

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Citation 42 U.S.C. § 3515b (2016)
Section Name §3515b. Prohibition on funding certain experiments involving human participants
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

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

Editorial Notes 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 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
Contains section 3515b
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 103 Stat. 1178
104 Stat. 2209
105 Stat. 1127
106 Stat. 1812
Public Law References Public Law 101-166, Public Law 101-517, Public Law 102-170, Public Law 102-394
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