Treatment of Research-Related Injuries to Human Subjects

This final rule amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical regulations to provide (or to pay for the provision of) necessary medical treatment to certain human subjects injured as a result of participation in VA research. Under the final rule all participants in research approved by a VA Research and Development Committee (regardless of source of funding), and conducted under the supervision of one or more VA employees, are eligible for treatment unless injuries are due to noncompliance by a research subject with study procedures. VA will provide medical care in those circumstances where VA has some responsibility for the need for medical care.