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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 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1992, chapter 603; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"},{"id":68456,"section_number":"32.1-162.16","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-162.16\/"}],"permalink":{"id":209871,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57839,"identifier":"37.2-402","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/1\/37.2-402","url":"\/37.2-402\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-402\/","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/1\/37.2-402","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board to establish regulations regarding human research","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-402","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board shall adopt regulations pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7 2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.) to implement the provisions of Chapter 5.1 (\u00a7 32.1-162.16<\/a> et seq.) of Title 32.1 for human research, as defined in \u00a7 32.1-162.16<\/a>, to be conducted or authorized by the Department<\/span>, any community services board<\/span> or behavioral health authority<\/span>, or any other facility<\/span> or program operated, funded, or licensed by the Department<\/span>. The regulations shall require the human research committee to submit to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Commissioner<\/span> or his designee at least annually a report on the human research projects reviewed and approved by the committee and shall require the committee to report any significant deviations from the proposals as approved.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS REGARDING HUMAN RESEARCH (\u00a7 37.2-402)\n\nThe Board shall adopt regulations pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7\n2.2-4000 et seq.) to implement the provisions of Chapter 5.1 (\u00a7 32.1-162.16 et\nseq.) of Title 32.1 for human research, as defined in \u00a7 32.1-162.16, to be\nconducted or authorized by the Department, any community services board or\nbehavioral health authority, or any other facility or program operated, funded,\nor licensed by the Department. The regulations shall require the human research\ncommittee to submit to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Commissioner\nor his designee at least annually a report on the human research projects\nreviewed and approved by the committee and shall require the committee to report\nany significant deviations from the proposals as approved.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 38, \u00a7 37.1-238; 1992, c. 603, \u00a7 37.1-24.01; 2005, c. 716.","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}}