10 U.S.C. § 980 : US Code - Section 980: Limitation on use of humans as experimental subjects

Search 10 U.S.C. § 980 : US Code - Section 980: Limitation on use of humans as experimental subjects

(a) Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be
used for research involving a human being as an experimental
subject unless -
(1) the informed consent of the subject is obtained in advance;
or
(2) in the case of research intended to be beneficial to the
subject, the informed consent of the subject or a legal
representative of the subject is obtained in advance.
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition in this
section with respect to a specific research project to advance the
development of a medical product necessary to the armed forces if
the research project may directly benefit the subject and is
carried out in accordance with all other applicable laws.