Complaints procedures

Section 26

(1) Within a time period of 30 days after having been informed of a decision on approval of a notified research project by a regional committee, the investigator and the sponsor may together put this decision before the national committee with a view to renewed processing and decision. Within a delay of 30 days after a decision any person who otherwise is party to the case, may put a decision taken by a regional committee before the national committee with a view to renewed processing and decision. The complaint must be submitted electronically with the use of digital signature.

(2) Complaints concerning legal aspects of decisions on research projects that concern especially complex areas taken by the national committee, cf. Section 15, shall be put before the Ministry of the Interior and Health. The provisions of (1) above also apply to these complaints.