Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
HIC
Human Investigation Committee (HIC) are a group of people who ensure that the research on the human subjects involving their personal health information is conducted ethically. The compliance of all federal laws is also monitored by the committee. It has the right to approve, disapprove or request amendments in the research whenever required. The Committee is known as the Institutional Review Board in the U.S.
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