---
title: "Human research ethics submission readiness checklist"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/health-and-medical-law/human-research-ethics-readiness"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a32-human-research-ethics-readiness"
area_id: "A32"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A32-R20261018-5"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/health-and-medical-law/human-research-ethics-readiness  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Health & Medical Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/health-and-medical-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia.

## 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

- [Prepare the ethics review submission for a human research project](https://ailawframework.com/practice/health-and-medical-law/prepare-the-ethics-review-submission-for-a-human-research-project.md)

## 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.

## Authorities

- [NHMRC, National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2025, publication page](https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/publications/national-statement-ethical-conduct-human-research-2025)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/publications/national-statement-ethical-conduct-human-research-2025)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/health-and-medical-law/human-research-ethics-readiness and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*