Sec. 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.
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