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

¹ The eth­ics com­mit­tee shall ac­know­ledge re­ceipt of the ap­plic­a­tion with­in 7 days and no­ti­fy the pro­ject lead­er of any form­al de­fi­cien­cies in the ap­plic­a­tion doc­u­ments.

² It shall reach a de­cision with­in 30 days after ac­know­ledge­ment of re­ceipt of the form­ally cor­rect ap­plic­a­tion doc­u­ments.

³ If the eth­ics com­mit­tee re­quests ad­di­tion­al in­form­a­tion in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 14 para­graph 2, the clock shall be stopped un­til this in­form­a­tion has been re­ceived.