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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-and-midwifery-council-midwives-rules-order-of-council-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1764",
  "legislation_title": "The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Midwives) Rules Order of Council 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-and-midwifery-council-midwives-rules-order-of-council-2004",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Clinical trials",
  "text": "(1) A practising midwife may only participate in clinical trials if there is a protocol approved by a relevant ethics committee.\n(2) For the purposes of this rule—\n“ethics committee” means an ethics committee established or recognised by the United Kingdom Ethics Committees Authority or established or recognised for the purposes of advising on the ethics of research investigations on human beings prior to 1st May 2004 by the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, a Strategic Health Authority, a Health Board, or a Health and Social Services Board.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1764/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:22:59.732000+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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