THE RESEARCH PROTOCOL
4. If the protocol was approved by an IRB,
following the protocol is required by law.

Most research projects where people are being studied get approved by an ethics board called an IRB (Institutional Review Board). Each organization doing research works with an IRB. The law says that the research team must do the work the way it was approved by the IRB. If you do something else, you are breaking the law.
(Click here to read more.)

Back to Top