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Flowchart summary: a visual overview of how the consent and licensing requirements of the Human Tissue Act 2004 apply for research (PDF)
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Consent summary: consent requirements (and exemptions) for research in the Human Tissue Act 2004 (PDF)
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Licensing summary: licensing requirements (and exemptions) for research in the Human Tissue Act 2004 (PDF)
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DNA analysis summary: consent requirements (and exemptions) for DNA analysis and research in the Human Tissue Act 2004 (PDF)
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Disposal summary: disposal requirements in the Human Tissue Act 2004 (PDF)
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Import and export summary: import and export requirements in the Human Tissue Act 2004 (PDF)
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Scotland summary: requirements of the Human Tissue Act (Scotland) 2006 and how the DNA analysis section of the Human Tissue Act 2004 applies in Scotland (PDF)
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Details
The documents included in this collection are:
- flowchart summary: research and the Human Tissue (HT) Act 2004
- consent summary: summary of consent requirements of HT Act 2004, applicable for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Updated in 2019
- licensing summary: summary of licensing requirements of HT Act 2004, applicable for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Updated in 2019
- DNA analysis summary: summary of HT Act 2004 requirements for DNA analysis, applicable to the whole of the UK. Updated in 2019
- disposal summary: summary of disposal requirements of HT Act 2004, applicable for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Updated in 2019
- import and export summary: summary of import and export requirements of HT Act 2004, applicable for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Updated in 2019
- Scotland summary: summary of Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 and DNA analysis section of HT Act 2004, applicable for Scotland. Updated in 2016.