Section 34: Establishment and functions of Health Research Ethics Committees

(1)
Every institution, health agency and health establishment at which health research is conducted, shall establish or have access to a health research ethics committee, which is registered with the Ethics Committee.
(2) A health research ethics committee shall-
(a)
review research proposals and. protocols in order to ensure that research conduct institution, agency or establishment will promote health, coniribute to the prevention of communicable or non communicable diseases or disability or result in cures for communicable non-communicable diseases ;
(b)
grant approval for research by the relevant nstitution,agency or establishment in instances where research proposals and protocol meet the ethical standards of that health research ethics commiltee;and
(c)
perform other functions that may be referred to it by the Minister.