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

¹ For re­search pro­jects in­volving em­bry­os and foetuses from in­duced abor­tions and from spon­tan­eous abor­tions in­clud­ing still­births, the preg­nant wo­man or the couple con­cerned must re­ceive writ­ten and or­al in­form­a­tion on:

a.

the use of the em­bryo or foetus for re­search pur­poses;

b.

their right to with­hold or to re­voke their con­sent at any time without giv­ing reas­ons;

c.

meas­ures to pro­tect the bio­lo­gic­al ma­ter­i­al and the per­son­al data;

d.

the hand­ling of the em­bryo or foetus after com­ple­tion of the re­search.

² The in­form­a­tion may be ad­di­tion­ally presen­ted in a non-tex­tu­al form.

³ Con­sent must be giv­en in writ­ing. The con­sequences of re­voc­a­tion of con­sent are gov­erned by Art­icle 10.

⁴ The ex­cep­tions to writ­ten form are gov­erned by Art­icle 9 mu­tatis mutandis.