Singapore legislation
Clause 21
Clause 21
Appeal against decision of institutional review board
(1)
Any researcher who, having submitted an application to an institutional review board for initial review, is aggrieved by the decision of the institutional review board (called in this section the first board) not to grant approval for the research to be conducted or continued, as the case may be, may within 30 days after the decision of the first board, submit an appeal to the research institution which appointed the first board.
(2)
The research institution receiving an appeal under subsection (1) may —
dismiss the appeal;
direct the first board to reconsider and review its decision; or
direct the researcher to submit the research to another institutional review board appointed by the research institution (called in this section the second board) for a second initial review.
(3)
No appeal under subsection (1) is allowed unless the first board has confirmed in writing that it has disallowed the conduct or continuation of the research.
(4)
To avoid doubt, there is no appeal against the decision of the research institution or the second board referred to in subsection (2).