The Ethics Committee works on the basis of the Code of Medical Ethics, the revised Declaration of Helsinki of the General Assembly of the World Medical Association and the applicable law. Upon request, it advises on ethical and legal aspects of medical research involving human subjects.
Area of responsibility
The Ethics Committee at the Medical Faculty of the Eberhard Karls University and at the University Hospital of Tübingen is responsible for medical research projects involving human subjects that are carried out at the University Hospital of Tübingen or at the Medical Faculty of the University of Tübingen, including the associated academic teaching hospitals, by a member of the Medical Faculty within the meaning of § 9 LHG.
It also performs the tasks assigned to an ethics committee under public law by federal or state law. These result from the AMG, the MPDG, the Radiation Protection Act (§§ 40 ff. AMG, §§ 32 ff. MPDG, §§ 32 ff. StrlSchG) and the relevant EU regulations (Regulation (EU) 2017/745, Regulation (EU) No. 536/2014, Regulation (EU) 2017/746), among others