Terms Used In Maryland Code, HEALTH - GENERAL 13-2001

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Federal regulations on the protection of human subjects” means:

(1) Title 45, Part 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and any subsequent revision of those regulations; and

(2) With respect to research that is subject to the jurisdiction of the federal Food and Drug Administration, Title 21, Parts 50 and 56 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and any subsequent revision of those regulations.

(c) “Human subject” has the meaning stated in the federal regulations on the protection of human subjects.

(d) “Institutional review board” has the meaning stated in the federal regulations on the protection of human subjects.

(e) “Research” has the meaning stated in the federal regulations on the protection of human subjects.