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Powers of Attorney Act 1998
sch.2-sec.13Approved clinical research
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### sch.2-sec.13 Approved clinical research
Clinical research is—
medical research intended to diagnose, maintain or treat a condition affecting the participants in the research; or
a trial of drugs, devices, biologicals or techniques involving the carrying out of health care that may include the giving of placebos to some of the participants in the trial.
However, a comparative assessment of health care already proven to be beneficial is not medical research.
a comparative assessment of the effects of different forms of administration of a drug proven to be beneficial in the treatment of a condition, for example, a continuous infusion, as opposed to a once-a-day administration, of the drug
a comparative assessment of the angle at which to set a tilt-bed to best assist a principal’s breathing.
Approved clinical research is clinical research approved by the tribunal under the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 , section 74C .
sch 2 s 13 ins 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
amd 2003 No. 87 s 60 ; 2019 No. 9 s 83
(sch.2-sec.13-ssec.1) Clinical research is— medical research intended to diagnose, maintain or treat a condition affecting the participants in the research; or a trial of drugs, devices, biologicals or techniques involving the carrying out of health care that may include the giving of placebos to some of the participants in the trial.
(sch.2-sec.13-ssec.1A) However, a comparative assessment of health care already proven to be beneficial is not medical research. a comparative assessment of the effects of different forms of administration of a drug proven to be beneficial in the treatment of a condition, for example, a continuous infusion, as opposed to a once-a-day administration, of the drug a comparative assessment of the angle at which to set a tilt-bed to best assist a principal’s breathing.
(sch.2-sec.13-ssec.2) Approved clinical research is clinical research approved by the tribunal under the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 , section 74C .
- (a) medical research intended to diagnose, maintain or treat a condition affecting the participants in the research; or
- (b) a trial of drugs, devices, biologicals or techniques involving the carrying out of health care that may include the giving of placebos to some of the participants in the trial.
- • a comparative assessment of the effects of different forms of administration of a drug proven to be beneficial in the treatment of a condition, for example, a continuous infusion, as opposed to a once-a-day administration, of the drug
- • a comparative assessment of the angle at which to set a tilt-bed to best assist a principal’s breathing.