630.192. Limitations on research activities in mental health facilities and programs. - Missouri Statutes

Limitations on research activities in mental health facilities andprograms.

630.192. No biomedical or pharmacological research shall be conductedin any mental health facility or mental health program in which people maybe civilly detained pursuant to chapter 632, RSMo, or in any public orprivate residential facilities or day programs operated, funded or licensedby the department for persons affected by mental retardation, developmentaldisabilities, mental illness, mental disorders or alcohol or drug abuseunless such research is intended to alleviate or prevent the disablingconditions or is reasonably expected to be of direct therapeutic benefit tothe participants. Without a specific court order, no involuntary patientshall consent to participate in any biomedical or pharmacological research.The application for the order shall be filed in the court having probatejurisdiction in the county in which the mental health facility is located,provided, however, that if the patient requests that the hearing be held bythe court which has committed the patient, or if the court having probatejurisdiction deems it appropriate, the hearing on the application shall betransferred to the committing court.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1724 § 630.192 subsec. 1, A.L. 1996 S.B. 884 & 841)