Ordinance
on Human Research with the Exception of Clinical Trials
(Human Research Ordinance, HRO)

¹ The pro­ject lead­er shall sub­mit the ap­plic­a­tion doc­u­ments spe­cified in An­nex 2 to the re­spons­ible eth­ics com­mit­tee for re­view.

² The eth­ics com­mit­tee may re­quest ad­di­tion­al in­form­a­tion.

³ The spon­sor may sub­mit the ap­plic­a­tion in­stead of the pro­ject lead­er. In this case, the spon­sor as­sumes the ob­lig­a­tions of the pro­ject lead­er as spe­cified in Art­icles 17–23. The ap­plic­a­tion doc­u­ments must be co-signed by the pro­ject lead­er.