Federal · Title 10 — Armed Forces
10 U.S.C. § 980: Limitation on use of humans as experimental subjects
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the informed consent of the subject is obtained in advance; or in the case of research intended to be beneficial to the subject, the informed consent of the subject or a legal representative of the subject is obtained in advance. The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition in this section with respect to a specific research project to advance the development of a medical product necessary to the armed forces if the research project may directly benefit the subject and is carried out in accordance with all other applicable laws. The Secretary may delegate the authority provided by paragraph (1) to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
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