President's Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Act

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President's Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Act - Establishes, under the Public Health Service Act, the President's Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavorial Research. Sets forth the powers and duties of the Commission. Directs the Commission to: (1) conduct an investigation to identify the ethical principles which should underlie the conduct of biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects; (2) develop guidelines to be followed in such research; and (3) make recommendations to the appropriate agency or department for such administrative action as may be appropriate to apply such guidelines to biomedical and behavioral research conducted or supported under programs administered by the appropriate agency or department. Requires the Commission to identify the requirements for informed consent to participation in biomedical and behavorial research by children, prisoners, military personnel, and the institutionalized mentally infirm. Directs the Commission to conduct an investigation and study of the use of psychosurgery in the United States during the five-year period ending December 31, 1972, and determine the appropriateness of its use. States that the Commission shall undertake a comprehensive study of the ethical, social, and legal implications of advances in biomedical and behavioral research and technology, including an analysis and evaluation of the implications of such advances both for individuals and for society. Transfers the functions, powers, and duties of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research to the Commission.

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 14 May 1976

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 9 October 1975

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