Federal Regulations and External Guidance

"The Common Rule" (45 CFR 46) - Code of Federal Regulations

The Belmont Report - Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research

The Nuremberg Code - Directives for Human Experimentation

Declaration of Helsinki - Recommendations guiding physicians in biomedical research involving human subjects

Government Sites

Office of Human Research Protections

Food and Drug Administration

National Institutes of Health

U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs

Clinical Trials