12VAC35-180-130. Role of the department and commissioner.
The commissioner shall ensure that the department's human rights program, through procedures described in 12VAC35-115-130, protects the rights of individuals who are admitted to a state facility, or other facility operated, funded, or licensed by the department to refuse to participate as a subject of human research and ensure that written and informed consent is received from individuals or their legally authorized representative prior to their participation as a subject of human research.
Statutory Authority
§§ 37.2-203 and 37.2-402 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR470-06-01:1 § 13, eff. May 15, 1993; amended, Virginia Register Volume 20, Issue 9, eff. February 11, 2004; Volume 26, Issue 2, eff. November 12, 2009; Volume 36, Issue 11, eff. March 15, 2020.