{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-487.253","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 487.253","heading":"COMPASSIONATE-USE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS.","body":"(a) One or more compassionate-use institutional review boards may be established to:\n(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\n(2) oversee patient treatment undertaken as part of an approved research program, including the certification of treating physicians.\n(b) An institutional review board must be affiliated with a dispensing organization and meet one of the following conditions:\n(1) be affiliated with a medical school, as defined by Section 61.501, Education Code;\n(2) be affiliated with a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 that has at least 150 beds;\n(3) be accredited by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs;\n(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\n(5) be accredited by a national accreditation organization acceptable to the Texas Medical Board.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 660 (H.B. 1535), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE C. SUBSTANCE ABUSE REGULATION AND CRIMES","CHAPTER 487. TEXAS COMPASSIONATE-USE ACT","SUBCHAPTER F. COMPASSIONATE-USE RESEARCH AND REPORTING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.487.htm#487.253","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"acbc2f71d2192f74eb68fd6e0a41ea14b9263eea311b01d09deea6d5d140ab32","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-487.252","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-487.254"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}