Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 630
Department of Mental Health
←630.186
Section 630.192.1
630.193→
August 28, 2015
Limitations on research activities in mental health facilities and programs.
630.192. No biomedical or pharmacological research shall be conducted
in any mental health facility or mental health program in which people may
be civilly detained pursuant to chapter 632 or in any public or private
residential facilities or day programs operated, funded or licensed by the
department for persons affected by intellectual disabilities, developmental
disabilities, mental illness, mental disorders or alcohol or drug abuse
unless such research is intended to alleviate or prevent the disabling
conditions or is reasonably expected to be of direct therapeutic benefit to
the participants. Without a specific court order, no involuntary patient
shall consent to participate in any biomedical or pharmacological research.
The application for the order shall be filed in the court having probate
jurisdiction in the county in which the mental health facility is located,
provided, however, that if the patient requests that the hearing be held by
the court which has committed the patient, or if the court having probate
jurisdiction deems it appropriate, the hearing on the application shall be
transferred to the committing court.
(L. 1980 H.B. 1724 § 630.192 subsec. 1, A.L. 1996 S.B. 884 & 841, A.L.
2011 H.B. 555 merged with H.B. 648)
1996
1996
630.192. No biomedical or pharmacological research shall be conducted in
any mental health facility or mental health program in which people may be
civilly detained pursuant to chapter 632 or in any public or private
residential facilities or day programs operated, funded or licensed by the
department for persons affected by mental retardation, developmental
disabilities, mental illness, mental disorders or alcohol or drug abuse
unless such research is intended to alleviate or prevent the disabling
conditions or is reasonably expected to be of direct therapeutic benefit to
the participants. Without a specific court order, no involuntary patient
shall consent to participate in any biomedical or pharmacological research.
The application for the order shall be filed in the court having probate
jurisdiction in the county in which the mental health facility is located,
provided, however, that if the patient requests that the hearing be held by
the court which has committed the patient, or if the court having probate
jurisdiction deems it appropriate, the hearing on the application shall be
transferred to the committing court.
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