Potential Penalties for Violating National Clinical Research Standards
		§ All research at an institution may be stopped until corrective action has been taken § Approval granted by an IRB may be revoked by the IRB or by a court case; a state court in Maryland recently – Called for a higher level of accountability for risks in research involving children than in that involving only adults – Questioned the ethics and legality of nontherapeutic research protocols involving any risk to children without direct benefit