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Table 1 Analyzed national regulations and professional guidelines

From: Normative framework of informed consent in clinical research in Germany, Poland, and Russia

Country

Name of the legal document

Sections

Date of introduction

Germany

Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany [11]

Art. 1

May 23, 1949

(Model) Professional Code for Physicians in Germany [12]

Art. 15

December 14, 1998

Medical Devices Act [13]

Art. 20-22

August 7, 2002

Regulation on the Application of Good Clinical Practice in Conducting Clinical Trials with Medicinal Products for Use in Humans [14]

Art. 3

August 9, 2004

Medicinal Products Act [15]

Art. 40-42

December 12, 2005

Regulation on Clinical Investigations with Medical Devices [16]

Art. 3

May 10, 2010

Radiation Protection Act [17]

Art. 36

June 27, 2017

Radiation Protection Regulation [18]

Art. 133-138

November 29, 2018

Poland

Medical Code of Ethics [19]

Art. 43-44

May 3, 1992

Act on Professions of Doctor and Dentist [20]

Art. 25

December 5, 1996

Constitution of the Republic of Poland [21]

Art. 39

April 2, 1997

Pharmaceutical law [22]

Art. 37a-37ia

September 6, 2001

Medical Devices Act [23]

Art. 40-41

Mai 20, 2010

Regulation on Good Clinical Practice [24]

Art. 7

Mai 2, 2012

Russia

Constitution of the Russian Federation [25]

Art. 21.2

December 12, 1993

Ethical Code of Russian Physician [26]

Art. 18

November 1, 1994

Law on Circulation of Drugs [27]

Art. 43

April 12, 2010

Law on Basics of Health Protection of the Citizens in the Russian Federation [28]

Art. 36.1

November 21, 2011

GOST R ISO 14155-2014 Clinical Investigations. Good Clinical Practice [29]

Art. 4.7

June 1, 2015

Regulation on the Procedure for Giving Informed Voluntary Consent to Medical Care in the Framework of Clinical Testing [30]

Art. 2-5

July 21, 2015

Regulation on the Approval of the Rules of Good Clinical Practice [31]

Art. 52-56

April 1, 2016