6Meaning of health and medical research

6 Meaning of health and medical research

[Section 6 Amended by No. 15 of 2021, s. 7, Applied:21 Nov 2022] [Section 6 Substituted by No. 21 of 2023, s. 7, Applied:01 Sep 2024]

(1)  Subject to subsection (3) , in this Act, health and medical research –

(a) means research conducted with or about individuals, or their data or tissue, in the field of medicine or health; and

(b) includes an activity undertaken for the purposes of that research.

(2)  Without limiting subsection (1) , health and medical research includes the following:

(a) the administration of pharmaceutical drugs, biologicals or placebos;

(b) the use of equipment or a device;

(c) providing health care that has not yet gained the support of a substantial number of practitioners in that field of health care;

(d) providing health care to which paragraph (c) does not apply to carry out a comparative assessment referred to in paragraph (e) ;

(e) carrying out a comparative assessment of the health care provided under paragraphs (c) and (d) ;

(f) taking samples from an individual, including –

(i) a blood sample; and

(ii) a sample of tissue or fluid from the body, including the mouth, nose, nasal cavity, eyes and ears;

(g) conducting medical imaging of an individual, including the use of computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, x-ray and ultrasound;

(h) taking photographs, films or audio or visual recordings of an individual;

(i) any non-intrusive examination, including –