Missouri Laws 630.198 – Duties of research review committee
1. After a project has been approved by the professional review committee, the research review committees shall determine that the persons selected to participate in biomedical or pharmacological research or their parents or guardians have given informed consent as to whether or not they wish to participate. Before any person participates in such research, the committees shall screen the research and recommend approval or disapproval to the director. The decision of the director shall be final.
2. The committees shall assure that the following criteria are met in giving informed consent:
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 630.198
- Department: the department of mental health of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Director: the director of the department of mental health, or his designee. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(1) The person has the capacity to understand the risks, benefits and procedures with respect to the project he or she is asked to engage in;
(2) The person has been given sufficient information to understand the risks, benefits and procedures; and
(3) The person is acting of his own free volition without coercive influence.
3. Persons may decide not to participate or may withdraw from the research at any time for any reasons.
4. Persons who are subjects of the research shall be compensated for their time spent in the research projects to the same extent that persons who are not department patients, residents or clients are typically compensated.