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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 38 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1992, chapter 603.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":203501,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85369,"identifier":"32.1-162.20","token":"32.1\/5.1\/32.1-162.20","url":"\/32.1-162.20\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-162.20\/","token":"32.1\/5.1\/32.1-162.20","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability of federal policies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-162.20","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Human research<\/span> which is subject to policies and regulations for the protection of human subjects promulgated by any agency<\/span> of the federal government shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter.\n\t\tIn lieu of promulgating regulations pursuant to the requirements of this chapter, an institution<\/span> or agency<\/span> may comply with this chapter by promulgating regulations under the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7 2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.) governing human research<\/span> projects which incorporate, explicitly or by reference, federal policies and regulations for the protection of human subjects. However, in the case of projects which are not required, by reason of their nature, the source of their funding, or the lack thereof, to comply with federal policies and regulations, the institution<\/span> or agency<\/span> may enforce compliance by filing a petition<\/span> for an injunction<\/span> in the appropriate circuit<\/span> court<\/span>. This section shall not preclude any other enforcement action available to the institution<\/span> or agency<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL POLICIES (\u00a7 32.1-162.20)\n\nHuman research which is subject to policies and regulations for the protection\nof human subjects promulgated by any agency of the federal government shall be\nexempt from the provisions of this chapter.\n\t\tIn lieu of promulgating regulations pursuant to the requirements of this\nchapter, an institution or agency may comply with this chapter by promulgating\nregulations under the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7 2.2-4000\net seq.) governing human research projects which incorporate, explicitly or by\nreference, federal policies and regulations for the protection of human\nsubjects. However, in the case of projects which are not required, by reason of\ntheir nature, the source of their funding, or the lack thereof, to comply with\nfederal policies and regulations, the institution or agency may enforce\ncompliance by filing a petition for an injunction in the appropriate circuit\ncourt. This section shall not preclude any other enforcement action available to\nthe institution or agency.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 38, \u00a7 37.1-237; 1992, c. 603.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}