Section 487.253 - Compassionate-Use Institutional Review Boards(a) One or more compassionate-use institutional review boards may be established to: (1) evaluate and approve proposed research programs to study the medical use of low-THC cannabis in treating a medical condition designated by rule of the executive commissioner under Section 487.252(a); and(2) oversee patient treatment undertaken as part of an approved research program, including the certification of treating physicians.(b) An institutional review board must be affiliated with a dispensing organization and meet one of the following conditions:(1) be affiliated with a medical school, as defined by Section 61.501, Education Code;(2) be affiliated with a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 that has at least 150 beds;(3) be accredited by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs;(4) be registered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Human Research Protections, in accordance with 21 C.F.R. Part 56 ; or(5) be accredited by a national accreditation organization acceptable to the Texas Medical Board.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 487.253
Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 660,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2021.