Federal Act
on Research involving Human Beings
(Human Research Act, HRA)

¹ This Act ap­plies to re­search con­cern­ing hu­man dis­eases and con­cern­ing the struc­ture and func­tion of the hu­man body, which in­volves:

a.

per­sons;

b.

de­ceased per­sons;

c.

em­bry­os and foetuses;

d.

bio­lo­gic­al ma­ter­i­al;

e.

health-re­lated per­son­al data.

² It does not ap­ply to re­search which in­volves:

a.

IVF em­bry­os in ac­cord­ance with the Stem Cell Re­search Act of 19 Decem­ber 2003³;

b.

an­onymised bio­lo­gic­al ma­ter­i­al;

c.

an­onym­ously col­lec­ted or an­onymised health-re­lated data.