Launching the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Ethics Authority Act and Reflections on its Current Status

The Health Research Ethics Authority (HREA) Act was established to ensure that research ethics review of all human health research in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is conducted by a local, in-province, Research Ethics Board (REB). The HREA Act arose as a result of complaints by patients...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Bioethics
Main Authors: Moody-Corbett, Penny, Buehler, Sharon
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Programmes de bioéthique, École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal 2022
Subjects:
Online Access:https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/419
https://doi.org/10.7202/1087200ar
id ftjcjb:oai:ojs2.cjb-rcb.ca:article/419
record_format openpolar
spelling ftjcjb:oai:ojs2.cjb-rcb.ca:article/419 2023-05-15T18:32:03+02:00 Launching the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Ethics Authority Act and Reflections on its Current Status Moody-Corbett, Penny Buehler, Sharon 2022-03-01 https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/419 https://doi.org/10.7202/1087200ar eng eng Programmes de bioéthique, École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/419/206 https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/419 doi:10.7202/1087200ar Copyright (c) 2022 Penny Moody-Corbett, Sharon Buehler https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Canadian Journal of Bioethics / Revue canadienne de bioéthique; Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022): Open Issue; 16-32 Canadian Journal of Bioethics / Revue canadienne de bioéthique; Vol. 5 No 1 (2022): Numéro hors-thème; 16-32 2561-4665 integrity accountability provincial legislation Research Ethics Board Health Research Ethics Authority intégrité responsabilité législation provinciale Comité d’éthique de la recherche Autorité d’éthique de la recherche en santé info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed text Évalué par les pairs texte 2022 ftjcjb https://doi.org/10.7202/1087200ar 2022-08-28T09:54:38Z The Health Research Ethics Authority (HREA) Act was established to ensure that research ethics review of all human health research in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is conducted by a local, in-province, Research Ethics Board (REB). The HREA Act arose as a result of complaints by patients and family members enrolled in a clinical genetics research study being conducted by a team of researchers from outside the province who failed to provide appropriate clinical follow-up. This review provides a record of the steps taken to draft the legislation and prepare for proclamation and includes information on the key stakeholders involved in the process. The review also provides a brief commentary on the HREA, and the newly formed Health Research Ethics Board, in the years following proclamation and how the HREA aligns with national interests for harmonizing research ethics review across multiple REBs. At the outset, the process was envisioned as simply moving to a provincially legislated research ethics board; however, the actual task involved establishing a new entity to oversee research ethics review and expanding or enhancing the office required to manage this research ethics review oversight. The task for the working committees involved in establishing the legislation was more complex than envisioned by the partner organizations, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Eastern Health Authority, and the workload and time to establish and proclaim the legislation was more involved than anticipated. La Loi Health Research Ethics Authority (HREA) a été créée pour garantir que l’évaluation éthique de toutes les recherches sur la santé humaine dans la province de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador est effectuée par un comité d’éthique de la recherche (CER) local, dans la province. La Loi HREA a été adoptée à la suite de plaintes déposées par des patients et des membres de leur famille participant à une étude de recherche clinique en génétique menée par une équipe de ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Terre-Neuve University of Newfoundland Canadian Journal of Bioethics (CJRCB) Newfoundland Canadian Journal of Bioethics 5 1 16
institution Open Polar
collection Canadian Journal of Bioethics (CJRCB)
op_collection_id ftjcjb
language English
topic integrity
accountability
provincial legislation
Research Ethics Board
Health Research Ethics Authority
intégrité
responsabilité
législation provinciale
Comité d’éthique de la recherche
Autorité d’éthique de la recherche en santé
spellingShingle integrity
accountability
provincial legislation
Research Ethics Board
Health Research Ethics Authority
intégrité
responsabilité
législation provinciale
Comité d’éthique de la recherche
Autorité d’éthique de la recherche en santé
Moody-Corbett, Penny
Buehler, Sharon
Launching the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Ethics Authority Act and Reflections on its Current Status
topic_facet integrity
accountability
provincial legislation
Research Ethics Board
Health Research Ethics Authority
intégrité
responsabilité
législation provinciale
Comité d’éthique de la recherche
Autorité d’éthique de la recherche en santé
description The Health Research Ethics Authority (HREA) Act was established to ensure that research ethics review of all human health research in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is conducted by a local, in-province, Research Ethics Board (REB). The HREA Act arose as a result of complaints by patients and family members enrolled in a clinical genetics research study being conducted by a team of researchers from outside the province who failed to provide appropriate clinical follow-up. This review provides a record of the steps taken to draft the legislation and prepare for proclamation and includes information on the key stakeholders involved in the process. The review also provides a brief commentary on the HREA, and the newly formed Health Research Ethics Board, in the years following proclamation and how the HREA aligns with national interests for harmonizing research ethics review across multiple REBs. At the outset, the process was envisioned as simply moving to a provincially legislated research ethics board; however, the actual task involved establishing a new entity to oversee research ethics review and expanding or enhancing the office required to manage this research ethics review oversight. The task for the working committees involved in establishing the legislation was more complex than envisioned by the partner organizations, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Eastern Health Authority, and the workload and time to establish and proclaim the legislation was more involved than anticipated. La Loi Health Research Ethics Authority (HREA) a été créée pour garantir que l’évaluation éthique de toutes les recherches sur la santé humaine dans la province de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador est effectuée par un comité d’éthique de la recherche (CER) local, dans la province. La Loi HREA a été adoptée à la suite de plaintes déposées par des patients et des membres de leur famille participant à une étude de recherche clinique en génétique menée par une équipe de ...
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Moody-Corbett, Penny
Buehler, Sharon
author_facet Moody-Corbett, Penny
Buehler, Sharon
author_sort Moody-Corbett, Penny
title Launching the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Ethics Authority Act and Reflections on its Current Status
title_short Launching the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Ethics Authority Act and Reflections on its Current Status
title_full Launching the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Ethics Authority Act and Reflections on its Current Status
title_fullStr Launching the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Ethics Authority Act and Reflections on its Current Status
title_full_unstemmed Launching the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Ethics Authority Act and Reflections on its Current Status
title_sort launching the newfoundland and labrador health research ethics authority act and reflections on its current status
publisher Programmes de bioéthique, École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal
publishDate 2022
url https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/419
https://doi.org/10.7202/1087200ar
geographic Newfoundland
geographic_facet Newfoundland
genre Terre-Neuve
University of Newfoundland
genre_facet Terre-Neuve
University of Newfoundland
op_source Canadian Journal of Bioethics / Revue canadienne de bioéthique; Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022): Open Issue; 16-32
Canadian Journal of Bioethics / Revue canadienne de bioéthique; Vol. 5 No 1 (2022): Numéro hors-thème; 16-32
2561-4665
op_relation https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/419/206
https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/419
doi:10.7202/1087200ar
op_rights Copyright (c) 2022 Penny Moody-Corbett, Sharon Buehler
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
op_rightsnorm CC-BY
op_doi https://doi.org/10.7202/1087200ar
container_title Canadian Journal of Bioethics
container_volume 5
container_issue 1
container_start_page 16
_version_ 1766216055546445824