Health research that involves human participants must—
| (a) | comply with the Department of Health national ethical guidelines for research with human participants at a minimum; |
| (b) | be responsive to health needs or priorities of the population, participating community or proposed participants; |
| (c) | have a valid scientific methodology and be likely to provide answers for the specific research questions that are posed; |
| (d) | include a favourable risk-benefit analysis; |
| (e) | ensure that the recruitment and selection process is just and fair; |
| (f ) | be undertaken with appropriate consent processes; |
| (g) | undergo independent review by a registered health research ethics committee; |
| (h) | respect participants' rights, including but not limited to rights to dignity, privacy, bodily integrity and equality; |
| (i) | make provision for compensation for research-related injury, for more than minimal risk research; and |
| (j) | be managed by a lead researcher, or person with similar standing or title, with suitable experience and qualifications. |
