Useful Links

COMMONWEALTH LEGISLATION

NHMRC Act 1992

Epidemiological Studies (Confidentiality) Act 1981

Gene Technology Act 2001

Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002

Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002

Privacy Act 1988

VICTORIAN LEGISLATION

Human Tissue Act 1982 (doc 312kb)

Information Privacy Act 2000 (doc 343kb)

Health Records Act 2001 (doc 534kb)

GUIDELINES

National Statement on Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Humans (NHMRC 2007)

Values and Ethics: Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research (NHMRC 2003)

NHMRC booklet, Keeping Research on Track- A guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples about health research ethics, 2006.

AIATSIS: Guidelines for Ethical Research in Indigenous Studies - May 2000 (pdf 44kb)

Guidelines approved under Section 95A of the Privacy Act 1988 (December 2001)

Guidelines approved under Section 95 of the Privacy Act 1988 (December 2001)

SPECIFIC to medical research

Guidelines on Assisted Reproductive Technology (NHMRC 1996)

Guidelines for Ethical Review of Research Proposals for Human Somatic Cell Gene

Ethical aspects of genetic testing: an information paper (NHMRC 2000)

SPECIFIC to embryo research

Link to Commonwealth and State Legislation list

LICENSES