Checklist · Health & Medical Law
Human research ethics submission readiness checklist
Readiness checklist for a human research ethics submission, limited to what the NHMRC publication page says about the 2025 National Statement. It is not the submission.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Australia.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when preparing an ethics review submission for a human research project, before the project description or consent wording is settled.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
The tool lists the study title, population and documents the lawyer names, and the lawyer writes the submission and chooses the review pathway.
AI may
- Enter the study title, sponsor and document list from the lawyer's index.
- Remind the lawyer of the effective date and the Section 4 points stated on the publication page.
AI must not
- Do not draft the project description, the consent wording or the risk narrative.
- Do not decide that a project is lower risk or higher risk.
- Do not treat this checklist as a substitute for the National Statement. The PDF was not opened.
The lawyer checks
- Read the 2025 National Statement. The publication page says it is effective from 23 June 2026 and is the current statement.
- Apply Section 4 only as the page describes it, and read Chapter 2.1 before using a low-risk pathway.
- Use the corrected wording of paragraph 5.3.3 given on the publication page, not the bracketed text the page says is out of date.
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Official form
Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer.
Read the full text
The full text is available after you log in. It is free. When you log in you can:
- read the whole precedent, with its drafting notes beside it;
- copy it, or download it as a Word file or Markdown;
- add it to your firm’s knowledge base, so colleagues can find it;
- let the AI tools you connect read it from that knowledge base.
The summary, the law it rests on and the AI-use guidance above stay public. Privacy.
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