Charter for Kenya Medical Research Institute, 2026

49. Research data banks

Edition: 2025-07-21 · In force

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49. Research data banks

(1)The Institute shall—

(a)establish research data banks;

(b)store human research data in the research data bank for availability and accessibility; and

(c)store human research data in a secure form with restricted access in accordance with the relevant laws.

(2)An authorized person shall—

(a)take reasonable measures to ensure that no person collects, uses, discloses, retains or disposes of research data unless it is in accordance with the law; and

(b)be responsible for any sensitive data that is collected, used, disclosed, retained or disposed of by the authorized person's agents.

(3)For purposes of this paragraph,"authorized person" means the research scientist responsible for the ethical design and conduct of a research study.

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Source: Kenya Law