General Questions
- How many HTA licences does Imperial College have? Who are the designated individuals for the College's HTA licences?
- What are licensed premises?
- What consist HTA relevant material?
- Where can I find more information about the Human Tissue Act and research?
How many HTA licences does Imperial College have? Who are the designated individuals for the College's HTA licences?
What are licensed premises?
What consist HTA relevant material?
Where can I find more information about the Human Tissue Act and research?
Licencing and Ethical Approval Requirement Questions
- Do all human tissue samples of relevant material need to be stored on HTA licensed premises?
- Do I need to register my samples under an HTA licence if I have ethical approval from the Imperial College Research Ethics Committee (ICREC)?
- My collaborator from abroad is sending samples to analyse at Imperial. There is ethical approval in the country of origin, but not in the UK.
- My research project has ended but the samples collected in my Sub-Collection are valuable and I would like to keep them for future research projects.
- My samples are non HTA relevant, does it mean I don’t need to track them?
- My samples are stored on licensed premises. Is there anything else I need to do to be compliant with the Human Tissue Act?
- Using samples from living healthy volunteers. What are the requirements in terms of ethical approval and HTA licensing?
Do all human tissue samples of relevant material need to be stored on HTA licensed premises?
Do I need to register my samples under an HTA licence if I have ethical approval from the Imperial College Research Ethics Committee (ICREC)?
My collaborator from abroad is sending samples to analyse at Imperial. There is ethical approval in the country of origin, but not in the UK.
My research project has ended but the samples collected in my Sub-Collection are valuable and I would like to keep them for future research projects.
My samples are non HTA relevant, does it mean I don’t need to track them?
My samples are stored on licensed premises. Is there anything else I need to do to be compliant with the Human Tissue Act?
Using samples from living healthy volunteers. What are the requirements in terms of ethical approval and HTA licensing?