Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 13 OF 2023) - SECT 15

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    (2)     Also, if a health professional asks a health attorney to consent to a protected person participating in low-risk research that is part of a clinical trial, the health professional must give the health attorney access to an independent doctor to provide further information and answer any questions the health attorney has about the clinical trial.

    (3)     In this section:

"independent doctor", in relation to low-risk research that is part of a clinical trial, means a doctor who is not involved in, or connected to, the research, other than in having a professional interest in the area of the research.

Part 5     Justices of the Peace Act 1989