# Private and Voluntary Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2002, Regulation 23: Research


(1) The registered person shall ensure that—
(a) before any research involving patients, information about patients, or human tissue is undertaken in or for the purposes of an establishment, a research proposal is prepared and approval is obtained from the appropriate Research Ethics Committee; and
(b) all such research projects include adequate safeguards for patients and employees.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), “the appropriate Research Ethics Committee” means a research ethics committee established in accordance with guidance issued from time to time by the National Assembly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2002/325/regulation/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/private-and-voluntary-health-care-wales-regulations-2002/regulation-23
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