General

The Sheriff/facility administrator shall develop guidelines governing the conduct of research. Research shall include, but not be limited to, studies involving the use of interviews, questionnaires, and reviews of case records. It may not include any study which will expose research subjects to the possibility of physical, psychological or other harm as a consequence of their participation in the study. Biomedical research and experimentation using inmate subjects is specifically prohibited under 103 CMR 932.19: Medical Experimentation and Research (Required).