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exemptions for things that require prior review. There
would be very serious work involved, I believe, in
designing appropriate exemptions. If you think about the
definition broadly applied to all activities the current
definition of research you could arguably -- you would
encompass many activities of polling organizations, market
research, arguably some forms of journalism, as well as the
things that are obviously considered research. The kinds
of things that are of the most concern. For example, some
of the in vitro fertilization clinics and diet clinics.
Some of the things that you immediately think of when you
think of as unregulated research, health services research,
internal evaluation research, corporations that are looking
at how do their employees like one thing or another about
the company. There are a whole variety of things that
could be encompassed under the current definition.
So examining carefully the prospect of serious
harm, how small is it, is it small, versus the cost of
regulation is I think the most pressing important issue. I
think that one could design appropriate exemptions with
appropriate work but that raises a second category of
practical problems which I have to tell you is really
hanging me up.
Who determines the applicability of the