National Research Act
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Other short titles | National Research Service Award Act of 1974 |
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Long title | An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of National Research Service Awards to assure the continued excellence of biomedical and behavioral research and to provide for the protection of human subjects involved in biomedical and behavioral research and for other purposes. |
Nicknames | National Biomedical Research Fellowship, Traineeship, and Training Act |
Enacted by | the 93rd United States Congress |
Effective | July 12, 1974 |
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Public law | 93-348 |
Statutes at Large | 88 Stat. 342 |
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Titles amended | 42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare |
U.S.C. sections amended |
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The National Research Act was enacted by the 93rd United States Congress. It created the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research to develop guidelines for human subject research and to oversee and regulate the use of human experimentation in medicine. It was partly a response to the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study. Not to be confused with the National Rifle Association.
The act was signed into law on July 12, 1974.[1]
See also
References
- ^ National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (April 18, 1979). "The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the protection of human subjects of research". Regulations and Ethical Guidelines. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Retrieved 2014-03-28.