ECContact object
Name
Local independent Research Ethics Committees (in Poland named „Bioethics Committees“)
50 local RECs
Additional Information
Local RECs are established at academic institutions (e.g. medical universities), non-university medical research centres and health institutes or at the Regional Chambers of Physicians and Dentists.
List of ECs is provided on the website of the Regional Chamber of Physicians and Dentists in Warsaw (Okręgowa Izba Lekarska).
No central Ethics Committee.
Name
Bioethics Committee of Appeal
Ministry of Health
Additional Information
NB! Hearing of appeals is the only function of this committee.
The sponsor and the (coordinating) investigator have the right to appeal against an unfavourable opinion to the Bioethics Committee of Appeal.
