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Guidance

Research and human tissue legislation in the UK

This collection of documents and summaries cover the requirements of the Human Tissue Act 2004 and Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 as these relate to research.

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MRC
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Documents

Details

The documents included in this collection are:

  • flowchart summary: research and the Human Tissue (HT) Act 2004
  • consent summary: summary of consent requirements of HT Act 2004, applicable for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Updated in 2019
  • licensing summary: summary of licensing requirements of HT Act 2004, applicable for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Updated in 2019
  • DNA analysis summary: summary of HT Act 2004 requirements for DNA analysis, applicable to the whole of the UK. Updated in 2019
  • disposal summary: summary of disposal requirements of HT Act 2004, applicable for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Updated in 2019
  • import and export summary: summary of import and export requirements of HT Act 2004, applicable for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Updated in 2019
  • Scotland summary: summary of Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 and DNA analysis section of HT Act 2004, applicable for Scotland. Updated in 2016.

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