CAN/HRSO – 100.01 - 2020

This NSC applies to all individuals, as well as all for-profit and not-for-profit, public and private organizations engaged in the conduct and/or oversight of human research. By reducing the variability of interpretation of regulations, policies and guidelines, this NSC provides a basis for the establishment of unambiguous procedural documents that adhere to Canadian and international normative references. Human research is defined as a systematic, rigorous investigation involving human beings and involves many disciplines (eg, health, social sciences and humanities, arts, engineering) and methodologies (eg, interventional, observational, qualitative, social, behavioural).