WordNet
n. a committee appointed to consider ethical issues [syn: ethics panel]
Wikipedia
The ethics committee, according to Directive 2001/20/EC, is an independent body in a member state of the European Union, consisting of healthcare professionals and non-medical members, whose responsibility is to protect the rights, safety and well being of human subjects involved in a clinical trial and to provide public assurance of that protection, by, among other things, expressing an opinion on the clinical trial protocol, the suitability of the investigators involved in the trial and the adequacy of facilities, and on the methods and documents to be used to inform trial subjects and obtain their informed consent.
With the Clinical Trials Directive, the European Union (EU) envisioned a harmonisation of research ethics committees (RECs) across Europe, including the time taken to assess a trial proposal and the kinds of issues a committee should take into account.
Local terms for a European ethics committee include:
- A Research Ethics Committee (REC) in the United Kingdom
- A Medical Research Ethics Committee (MREC) in the Netherlands.
- A Comités de Protection des Personnes (CPP) in France.
The Senate Ethics Committee is a 10 member legislative body consisting of a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, and seven members. The Committee operates under a Senate mandate to regulate legislation addressing moral and ethical issues related to the Senate.
The House Ethics Committee is an 11-member legislative body consisting of a chairman and 10 members. The Committee operates under a House mandate to evaluate legislation relating to the ethical conduct of individuals and groups involved in government functions throughout the state.
Usage examples of "ethics committee".
The counsel for the House Ethics Committee said that Gingrich and his political supporters had violated the tax laws and that there was evidence the Speaker had intentionally misled the committee about it.
Treelike Sirens which addicted people and rated a hearing in the Ethics Committee were something new.
Or did they mean the cool judgment of an ethics committee meeting behind the closed doors of a Canadian Medical Association boardroom?
In the archives Rune found a confidential memo in which the network's ethics committee heard complaints from two interns, eighteen and nineteen, that he'd made improper advances toward them.
Sam can't wait to testify against you at the House Ethics Committee hearing.
The production also sparked a major investigation by the Synod's Ethics Committee into the relationship between some of its legislators and the arms dealing lobby and more than one career had gone down in flames.