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Vice-Rectorate

Ethics Committee

The UCAM Research Ethics Committee (hereinafter, the Committee) is responsible for ensuring compliance with ethical and legal principles regarding research involving human or animal subjects, whether such research uses biological samples of human or animal origin or requires the use of personal and/or clinical data.

Furthermore, the Committee contributes to the training of researchers on the requirements and standards that a research project must meet to be approved by the Committee and updates the Committee's documentation to reflect current legislation.

 

Legislation / References

 

  • Law 14/2007, of July 3, on Biomedical Research.
  • Royal Decree 1716/2011, of November 18, which establishes the basic requirements for the authorization and operation of biobanks for biomedical research purposes and the treatment of biological samples of human origin, and regulates the operation and organization of the National Register of Biobanks for biomedical research.
  • Law 41/2002, of November 14, basic law regulating patient autonomy and rights and obligations regarding information and clinical documentation.
  • Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association (Ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects).
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).
  • Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5, on the Protection of Personal Data and the guarantee of digital rights.
  • Law 32/2007, of November 7, for the care of animals, in their exploitation, transport, experimentation and slaughter.
  • Royal Decree 53/2013, of February 1, which establishes the basic rules applicable to the protection of animals used in experimentation and other scientific purposes, including teaching.
  • The Spanish Research Ethics Committee, created in Law 14/2011, of June 1, on Science, Technology and Innovation, it is attached to the Council for Scientific, Technological and Innovation Policy, as a collegiate, independent and consultative body on matters related to professional ethics in scientific and technical research.