Apparently, the district attorney was also shocked: the DA said the lawyer and his expert might face prosecution for violating the state's Protection of Human Subjects in Medical Experimentation Act. (legalblogwatch.typepad.com)
The Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR Part II) sets forth federal policy for the protection of human subjects in medical experimentation, mandating the establishment of an institutional review board (IRB) in each hospital in which human subjects are used for experimentation. (firstthings.com)
Publicly formulated guidelines from Health and Human Services, the Office for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research, the World Health Organization and World Scientific and Technological Associations should stringently guide all technical endeavor — especially when there is a temptation to act solely in terms of the profit factor. (religion-online.org)